#and im going hot and cold

[tequiilasunriise]

No context here’s ep 12 in a nutshell:

#the episode just came so u better get these memes while theyre hot and fresh #suletta loved her tomato wife so much she made her ketchup hehheehhee #suletta got upsetta so she went splatetta #dont get me wrong im 10000% team suletta got brainwashed #bc theres NO WAY N O N E Suletta could go from panic attack over fighting ppl with Aerial to a giggling stone cold killer #manipulation or not that kinda complete 180 in the soan of like 15 mins isn’t possible theres no way #her eyes were souless as shit in the final scnes she was literally smiling #so yeah. girlie was brainwashed. #BUT OMMGGG ARE THE MEMES SSOOO FUNNYYY #anyways yeag love u babygirl ur so iconic #sulemio #suletta mercury #miorine rembran #mobile suit gundam the witch from mercury #the witch from mercury

[napping-sapphic]

Cloudy weather is so offensive to me because I just want to sit outside under a blanket and hold hands with someone but NO ONE is here to hold hands with

#wlw #wlw mood #sapphic #sapphism #lesbian #cloudy and slightly cold weather understands me better than anyone in the world #i wanna go on a walk #and hold hands #and read a book #and watch a movie on our tiny phone #and hope we get caught in the rain #so we can change into warm clothes and make hot chocolate when we finally go inside #idk just cloudy weather my beloved #im gay and i like sleeping

[bonefall]

Hi Bones!! Thank you for you hard work on this project and for sharing it with us!

I've seen your posts about weird representation of society (regarding the "natural order of things") in xenofiction, especially in lion king, so I wanted to ask:

could you recommend any xenofiction media that has all (or most of the) animal species sapient? Or is the only solution to make just one or two species sapient while the others (especially prey) are plain animals?

Really sorry if you've seen this ask from me before - my account had a weird laggy period when I couldn't send or receive messages and asks, so I don't know if you got the previous one! I just know that now it's fixed so I double all the asks sent haha

Honestly I'm not totally sure! If any 3rd person has some good recommendations for "every being is alive" xenofiction types, feel free to weigh in.

If you want to jump in with me though, I am following the webcomic Africa. It updates every Wednesday. Africa is about a mother Leopard on the verge of a great ecological disaster, the relationship between her children and the animals around her, and the strength of both instinct and choice as the characters face an uncertain future.

Since it's ongoing, I still don't know how it's going to end and can't judge it as a full work! But it's absolutely fascinating and I think the author is doing a fantastic job so far. Bonus points for the way it portrays humans, btw.

No more spoilers though, if you're interested, it's on Webtoons.

(I'm also planning to read Oren's Forge soon. Ask me about it again in a few months over on Bonebabbles and I'll give you my thoughts)

As an aside though, funny you mention it because like... ever since I was a kid I've had a story I want to tell with the premise. It's a scintilla I've kept close to me for well over a decade but haven't done anything official with. So this is actually a theme I've thought about a lot.

It's rare to see it done well though because like... its very premise butts heads with reality. The "natural order" that an animal follows is not something it moralizes. A tiger doesn't have the capacity to think about how fucked up it is to kill to stay alive, the deer doesn't know that if its population isn't controlled it will destroy the forest.

They're animals. They don't HAVE that agency. Your dog does not care about being sterilized. A snake doesn't differentiate between a pinky and an adult mouse except in terms of if it will fit in its mouth. But the minute you put human morality in there... they have the ability to reason, create and agree on the rules of a society, make choices about MORALITY.

If nothing is going to change about their world, you just end up putting human arguments about "natural order" in their mouths and, well... start telling a parable justifying this "natural order."

(Genuine) Does what I'm saying make sense? Animals DON'T rationalize or negotiate. HUMANS do.

So the minute you're approaching a world with that logic, like it or not, you are invoking those "arguments from nature." And you're putting them in a being that is not fully an animal or a human, but an anthropomorphic mix which CAN rationalize but WON'T make an effort to change their world.

(Which is why tbh the best examples i know of are works with a theme of "change.")

OH WAIT I also remember another that's interesting!! Leafy: Hen into the Wild actually has a fascinating take on it. It's not interested in "moralizing" or really being about an animal society. It's a very emotional sort of movie, and it's about joys in adversity, the freedom that choice gives you, how bad things are going to happen and you can never completely prevent them.

INTENSE movie emotionally, the ending will wreck you (especially in the English translation which leaves out a really important theme making it feel abrupt x_x) but it's really good. Check that one out.

OH and also You Are Umasou. That one has more pitfalls imo (it does try to moralize a bit) but it's super unique as a movie. And is about dinosaurs.

#Don't take my opinions as gospel tho #There's no ONE RIGHT WAY to tell a story or handle a theme #And every person can have a unique reading of any story #Some stories can even be interpreted super differently by going in with different readings #Media isn't a box you take the lid off of to loot for objectively correct objects #It's more like eating a meal #Examining ingredients/tropes and how they were used #Trying to identify what the author set out to do and if it accomplished it in its current form #And sometimes idk chicken noodle tastes like hot saltwater in one moment but then hits different 2 months later when surrounding-- #--circumstances (like being sick or cold) make it hit different #Point im getting at is that we could objectively say 'they used chicken and noodle' in this dish #But analysis and opinions and expressing them are an art of their own #Bone babble #Anyway prolly gonna be quiet the rest of the day so I can do clanmew prep lads #Media analysis #Xenofiction

[milktrician-hell]

playing as my oc poly in bg3 who in her original incarnation has a story regarding how her short lifespan haunts her and it revolves around her body freezing to death

imagine my shock when i romanced karlach and got to dammon in act 2

#balduring my gates #im hot and im cold were the were going to die soon sisters

[pluggedintosaverockandroll]

hot to the touch, cold on the inside

#fob #fall out boy #pax am days #music #emo #pop punk #hot to the touch cold on the inside #i made quite a few of these over the past week so you can expect some more lyrics in the future #it took me a couple trues before i was happy with the second picture #tries* #anyways im dead tired and going to bed now good night #kj post #lyrics #lyrics.kj

[soldier-poet-king]

IF I HAD A NICKEL

That's TWICE today folks and I've been on this webbed site since 2012. Like. Wtf. Spider attracting lotion except complete strangers randomly being semi or outright hostile to me on my posts???

#???????? what. #im just minding my damn business on my silly little corner of the internet #talking about insane philsophers and fandom. like. what is happening #ALSO IM 99% SURE I HAVE A MILD FEVER #not covid i did a test #but im hot and cold hot and cold and my head is killing me suddenly #can i just go in to work and nap tmrw in my office #p much everyone else is on vacation #maybe i wiil just do simple mindless task #go thru all those cds sitting in intake that came from lord knows where #WHY DONT WE USE PROPER ACCESSION FORMS. IM BEGGING U

[sunkissedlouis]

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#just had 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled out in one session 🎉 #just went in no thoughts head empty with the goal to get it over with bc i don’t #want to go back after 2 weeks and do it all over again #blood tw #why are dental clinics so weird and horrifying like #like i came out of my session looking at my surgeon with blood splatter on his face shield 😭 and a bit more all over #getting your tooth extracted is such a weird experience istg #just full of pressure and a bit of loud slicing haha #and a bit of loud cracking noises #also my surgeon made me go ??? and laugh a bit because before we started he said #‘i wish my other patients opened their mouth as much you did’ #like ?????? LMAO WHAT #opened their mouth wide* #mind you we haven’t spoken a word since i arrived and sat down on the chair #and them proceeded to gossip to his assistant #like how he had difficulty locating something in his other patients’ gums bc they can’t open their mouths that wide djdjjd #anyway im lowkey dreading the healing process #bc i can’t eat hot food :/ just room temp+cold food #treating myself to ice cream 😌 #*ri

[todayisafridaynight]

brother was talking to me about how if you almost die from an extreme-temperature-related incident then your body is just forever fucked towards that temperature and that's why i think kiryu and saejima are weak to ice. i dont know why aoki isn't like that too but ignore that statistic everything else tracks.

#snap chats #i already made this post highkey but im making it again cause i didnt know this was an actual real thing ☠️ #my brother learned this when he started to work for target. because apparently that's a thing they tell you frame one #'snap how did this topic even come up' i am LITERALLY so glad you asked :) the cold has almost claimed me twice #am i exaggerating Maybe but its my fucked up body temperature now listen #when i was younger i got locked out of my house for like. three hours since i was a latchkey kid #and my dad wasn't supposed to come home with my siblings (from their after school events) for Three Hours #and it had snowed outside and Was Cold Yeah and i couldn't get in cause i forgot my key like a weiner #and yeah. was really cold :) my dad was real cross with me when he found me shivering in the shed LOL #he made me hot cocoa tho so its ok. second incident's just funny No I Talk About It Evvery Other Week #and im p sure i talked bout the first incident too but yeah that time after the con when i was at my sister's #like i cannot stress how cold it was because It Was Late November and the cold still existed #and my sister's heater just. Didnt Work but yeah. i wont go into detail cause i share this story every five seconds #POINT IS i've always had a hard time with the cold- like i'm cold nearly all the time even if the room is 90 degrees #i wont be COLD cold but i'll be colder than i like #anyways can't believe i'm weak to ice this is so sad. i love winter.. #aoki isn't weak to ice cause uhhhh /aoki/ didnt almost die in the cold 🥴 masato did 🥴 #imagine changing your identity so well that you just remove your past elemental weakness. fucked up. #alright bye

[unexpectedbrickattack]

I hope you're feeling better from earlier!

You are so sweet; i am feeling WAY better actually!!

#answered #chattin #i had some hot tea and it alleviated some of the pressure i was feeling #so im pretty sure the sudden cold and dry air in my apartment triggered it somehow #DO NOT RECREATE THIS LMAO but i just stood over a pot of boiling water to let the steam try warm up my face and sinuses #and see if that would help w the pressure (it did but only for a little bit; take some ibuprofen like i eventually did; dont be me lmao) #it took about 6 hours to go away which is like fantastic in my books lmao #its still cold but its a bit more humid in here so the headache hasnt returned 👍🏾💖

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

ugh dawg i feel you with that heat. i'm in texas (press f for me pls) and i'm just waiting for when the powergrid goes out again. like i'm legitimately terrified of it happening during the summer. i can handle the winter cause i can bundle up but you can't do shit in the summer 😭

i winced out loud, eesh... Slamming the f button for you my dude

#texas... strength to you #i hope you can find like uhhh battery powered fans and stock coolers / ice packs #i used to live in a house with no ac and ice/showers/fans/windows were my best friends during the Hell Months #best combo is open window but closed curtains / cracked blinds in the morning and evening #lets the breeze in but helps keep the heat out #ohhhh and cool/cold water or ice on the inside of your wrists works like a Charm #temporary but blissful relief #i wish you luck and i desperately hope your power stays strong #may we all see the colder months soon #rambles from the bog #missing the months where i can wake up cozy and go about my day with my robe on w/o feeling like im dying #hot tea... hot showers... triple blankets... yeah.... #this morning i had to Dislodge my cat bc she was too warm. horrible horrible time of year #one day i'll live somewhere manageable. somewhere Northern #but for now: shirts off fans on blinds closed water dranketh #banshee wailing in the wee hours etc

[joanthangroff]

GOD everything is a sensory nightmare at the moment

#everything is too much #i'm hot and cold at the same time everything is too loud too smelly too itchy #im going insane

[st4r-cr0ssed-l0v3r]

Someone come save me i’m at a Hibachi restaurant rn and its too overstimulating i think im gonna cry🧍‍♂️

#please #its so bad my dad me and my brother are TWEAKING #its cold and hot and loud and quiet all at the same time #someone kill me #i think im gonna #burst out i go tears #perchance #romeo yaps #romeo rambles #fyp #fypage #fyppage

[1010ninetynine]

people do not understand my bottom alhaitham agenda...even though I Am Correct

#like first of all that man is the definition of a pillow princess. hates uneccessary work #why would u make him go through the effort of being a top. when bottoming all one does is lie there...unless he is riding ig #plus kaveh is probably canonically stronger (physically) than haitham. alhaitham is a scholar. kaveh is an architect #ur telling me the man who sits on his ass all day is stronger than an architect? i call bs #also come on alhaitham is more provocative just in the less obvious way #kaveh technically shows more skin but it's in a very “it's hot in sumeru” way not a “here look at my pecs” #alhaitham covers more but shows more of his figure... #also imagine alhaitham all breathy and whiny compared to his cold demeanor and tell me the contrast is not appealing to you #also it's funny to think abt alhaitham getting railed while kaveh uses his dendro vines im sorry.

[girlwithfish]

it is SO pretty outside and nice weather its making me feel rly happy ^-^

#i wanna go to a park and sit and draw or smth before the sun goes down!! tbh #I might just for a ljttle who knows #Idk #Im gonna go to target first to browse rhe makeup and buy some crayons #Its just sooo nice outside rn its like 70f and breezy not rly hot not rly cold #and the fall leaves look so nice #and its sunny

[thedisablednaturalist]

I accidentally slept through the pharmacy being open and now have to get through the night without my pain meds 🥲

#wrenfea.exe #my spine is on fire #im both hot and cold #i shouldve mentioned that my meds where there to my parents but i literally did not wake up at all #i laid in bed and i was out #my family even tried to tell me they were leaving to go out for dinner #and i have no recollection #and i have a psychiatrist appointment in the morning yippee #bc shes currently in russia #so i have to get up early #hopefully ill fall back asleep soon

[savage-rhi]

omg wait in the post about travel you mentioned the pnw, are you a fellow pnw dweller? if so 🤝

every few years my folks go to the beach and its so cold and desolate 😭 like its gorgeous but omfg

@sterilebear Yep! Yep! West Coast baaaayyybeeee 😂🙌🏻. Nice to hear that a fellow familiar is lurking near my corner!

I'm about 2-3 hrs from the coast, and I love going whenever I get the chance! I am also in agreement that we have an awesome coastal range that captures the beauty of melancholy , but holy shit the water is colder than a thousand corpses!

#savage rambles #sometimes when ive had excruciating fibro flares i purposefully jump into the ocean #it hurts like a mother fucker at the cold temps like im getting sliced by tiny knives but after a good half hour or so i dont feel anything #and then im numb for the next 24 hrs with no pain #i nearly get the same effect when i go to the hot springs #the pause button on my body gets hit and I feel great #granted it doesn't always work but if i had the option to take a dip everyday before and after work I'd be running faster than forest gump