#and then everything evolved from there

[cloudyydraws]

Luigi and Miku (+Mario) doodles

#started doing this bc of the mascot costume photo #and then everything evolved from there #thought it was stupid and silly but what am i if not already stupid and silly #super mario bros #luigi #mario #hatsune miku #vocaloid art #cloudy draws #my art #art #fanart #omg its one of the few miku arts ive done thats not prsk focused wowie #mario bros #mario and luigi #vocaloid #i think im entering my occasional spm phase too #ive drawn a few loogis i havent put here yet but maybe ill post him again later;;; #but enjoy my half rendered sketches for now

[bloodyodyssey]

WHO ROCKIN W/ PONYTAIL MILF YURI

#this started as me promising to draw lotus/hitomi for a poll that i never did (lmao) #which evolved into me liking the idea of boss and lotus more bc i think they'd hit it off quick #i still think hazutomi could be cute but honestly datomi is my everything i dont wanna separate them #anyways smthn smthn extended joke also abt hazuki being some old classmate of pewter's #and he invites her out to one of his and boss' nights out and it goes from there #zero escape #zero escape 999 #lotus 999 #aitsf #ai the somnium files #boss aitsf #yeah im not coloring this im trying to get away from coloring every doodle heavily #so i dont lose steam as fast #not working well but im trying lol

[frogayyyy]

when are they going to make a star trek baseball spinoff show actually

#actually such a good concept #star trek has evolved past the need to be on a starship or in space #brand new characters #(come back and cameo avery brooks pspsps) #so much potential for seeing more trek alien culture #and not just in space #like that lesbian baseball show but with more aliens too #idk i never watched it #i've never watched baseball in my life btw everything i know comes from wii sports

[novelconcepts]

Sometimes you join a sport you don’t even like, and you’re number 6, and your best friend is number 9, and you’re so codependent with such a complex love between you that when tragedy strikes, you have simply no other choice but to play the permanent other side of her narrative coin by embracing the life you believe she would have had in another timeline. Do you ever do that? Do you ever sacrifice your intended dreams, flipping your 6 into her 9, and pretend it’ll ever be enough to clutch a jersey that wasn’t meant for your closet? Just flip that playing card right over. Just turn that 6 into a 9. Everyone else will see a 9 for the rest of your life, and isn’t that fine? Isn’t it fine to know you’re always going to be a 6 in your heart, but the world will never see it again? Isn’t that just such a normal instance of girly things?

#yellowjackets #yellowjacket spoilers #yj meta #shauna shipman #jackie taylor #the dual-queen playing card mentality is so much with them #shauna giving up everything for a dream that maybe wasn’t even ACTUALLY jackie’s #it was just the easiest road to follow. the easiest way to finish the story jackie began. #extrapolating from the available information. knowing she’d never get more details. never get more secrets or an evolving sense of adulthood #she just has that number 9 jersey and everyone else’s voice in her ear #and she’ll never be able to wear that 6 again

[parkitaco]

guitarist mike wheeler x artist will byers who paints designs on mike's guitar for him. you agree.

#i have a hc where will starts designing stickers as a side gig #and mike is obsessed w them and puts them on everything including his guitar #and then will is like yk i could just draw or paint right On the guitar right. #and it evolves from there

[dawnleaf37]

swap au phighting regretevator except we don’t swap them with each other normally and we literally just drop spud in phighting and see what happens

#‘wtf elevator’just cram all. How many are there . Like 12 guys in one elevator idont think it’s 12 it might be 14 or whatever #JustWAIT BETTER IDEA #the elevator lands in the crossroads and some of them they’re like ‘what the FUCK is this’ *gets in* *disappears* #*the rest of the phighters phreak the phuck out* #church of the true eye vs whatever the fuck is happening with MR #SCYTHE VS POOB . SERIAL KILLER VS SCP 173 WHO WINSprohbaly woman but I woulg like to see subspace get his neck snapped by the :3beast #meanwhile putting a bunch of miscellaneous Guys in the phightingverse #no it’s called like . Inpherno or something o #infected is like skateboard but worse #no one does anyone in this game killPEST #he doesn’t want to but he would HE EVEN HAS MANDIBLES (LIKE HORNS #hey if the guy who ships pest and medkit sees this . Im not big on ships but ur real for that #pest is the most phighting character out of everything in regretevator #maybe besides Mach but I only mention her because wrowwwwww….. woman #she’s like Tall Banhammer Woman Sort Of. like scythe banhammer and whoever is the most ‘would host a gameshow’ guy. dom perhaps #canonically she’s. Wait *looks at the wiki* #‘an evolved species descended from a bloodline of manmade deities’ ok awesome #so do this . Make this occur

[drinkinggblood]

this is mainly a joke dont take it super seriously

#rockdrake best drake/wyvern tame #pve AND pvp. they are SO underrated honestly #i think people should use them for in pvp #yeah they cant pick players but they can do.. everything else #best climbing in the entire game? check. gliding? check. swimming? check. shoot from back? check. tek saddle? check. amazing base hp and #melee? check #they are an amazing jack of all traits #super overshadowed by wyvern meta #i get wyverns are good but like... rockdrakes are objectively superior in terms of specialization. they can do pretty much anything #pvp? raiding? check. great for farming #reaper getting and boss killin' #a perfect jack of all traits #ark survival evolved #ark #shitpost #joke #rockdrake #i love rockdrakes man #such an amazing tame

[mantisgodsart]

Pretend to be what you will, but under the light of the full moon, there's no more room for playing at civility (you are a monster, and you cannot control your nature)

#our art #bug fables #finished #watercolor #vi #wereweevil vi #werecreature #we use a specific paint for the eyes and claws and such here and it doesn't show in a still picture but it shimmers blue-green in the light #anyways. FUCKED UP BEAST!!! #this is for a cool & fun fic we've had in the works for um. uhh. (pause as we look at the date) #...actually don't worry about it we'll finish it eventually #wereweevil form draws inspiration from both mantids and wild boars! #we're going with the theory that weevils and primal weevils are NOT the same species #but rather different species entirely that tend to cohabitate and have some aesthetic similarities because of it #golden path weevils are a VERY altered form of weevils that have adapted very far from their original form over time #and primal weevils are a member of superorder dictyoptera split off from an ancestor like... #googling it suggests the common name we're familiar with is not actually common since it didnt bring up results but the wood mantis #but honestly it could either be a split from one of the Flat Fuck mantids or a roach w those raptorial forelegs #while golden path weevils have evolved specifically to eat seedlings and are most likely a split of acorn weevil #primal weevils are Something Else Entirely and have the “everything and the kitchen sink” diet of a roach #though they do prefer plumplings and have over time developed teeth specifically for cracking them open and eating them #their mutualistic relationship with golden path weevils stems from this: cracking open otherwise difficult plumpling prey for GP weevils #and receiving the benefits of a pack of allies for hunting more difficult prey in return #primal weevils are most likely an awakened species from what we've seen of canon but we doubt roaches would acknowledge them #as related much less potentially another form of roach #seeing as the roaches in game seem to be purely based on a handful of “pest” species and not the absolute wealth of roach species out there #that have unique adaptations or mimicry or anything of the like #we don't think they would take well to mimic roaches or anything of the like. also ties in to our hcs for levi. #if youre not one of the core species of roach then you dont get considered a “roach”. there are probably plenty of mimic roaches out there #just not acknowledged as Roaches because the Roaches bugarians are familiar with were a single culture with only a handful of species

[mid-nightowl]

steph as nightwing??? 👀

Yes, a hundred times yes. 

For me, the idea came out of this meta that @benbamboozled did ages ago (that I for the life of me cannot find now :( ) about how Barbara should have been the one to mentor Tim, but she wasn’t because dc (and superhero comics generally) are too cowardly to let a female superhero mentor a male hero. And it got me thinking--there were three “older” vigilantes and three younger vigilantes in the Batfam at this time, which then led to the whole Barbara mentoring Tim, Bruce babysitting Cass, and Dick mentoring Steph. Which would then eventually lead to Steph taking on the Nightwing mantle.

Nightwing!Steph was also an idea I had regarding the Batman!Dick era and the Tom King pitch of Tim becoming Nightwing during the Ric Grayson arc. In my delusional AU idea, after the “death” of Bruce, Dick would be Batman, Damian would be Robin, Barbara as Oracle, Cass would return as Batgirl after a short hiatus or be Black Bat, Tim would be Red Robin, Jason as Red Hood, and Steph would take over the Nightwing mantle while also attending college (a similar start to Dick’s own trajectory).   

I don’t have like a full meta on this (and I haven’t read everything regarding Steph so please correct me if I get something wrong or the vibes are off!), but I think Steph could be a worthy successor to the Nightwing mantle if there were a point in time where Dick moved on or couldn’t be Nightwing anymore. 

I think Steph embodies a lot of the same ideals and values that Dick/Nightwing resembles: hope, determination, and guts. There’s also the immediate similarity of the two of them being more light-hearted and quippy compared to the other Bats, which (almost) hides how capable and competent they are, but also how this happy-go-lucky mask hides anger and trauma.

Both of them had the guts to go out on their own, to create their own mantle and mask despite being told “no.” They both have the drive and determination in their actions to help others and stop criminals, and an innate need to be a hero/vigilante and that they can’t stop being a vigilante. And out of all the Bats, Stephanie has the most potential to represent hope, just as Dick does. 

To me, Steph has all the criteria to be one of the best vigilantes in the Batfam, but just doesn’t get the opportunities to do so. She’s got the foundations and the materials, she just needs help getting there. Being Nightwing (or being mentored by Dick) would give her the chance to showcase that. 

Being a vigilante that has ties to the Batfam but isn’t necessarily considered a sidekick character or in need of a mentor (like Batgirl or Robin), Steph could grow as a person and a vigilante with the Nightwing mantle. Nightwing is also a key component to the Batfam and is often the middle ground between the smaller groups within the family and I think Steph can easily step into that role, especially given her past relationships with Tim, Cass, and Barbara, her similarities and the trauma-bonding she does with Jason, and the older sister-younger brother relationship with Damian. Not to mention, Nightwing’s role as a leader in the Titans, which would give Steph a chance to show her capabilities to be a leader. But, Nightwing is also a stubbornly independent loner, a solo-act vigilante. So, not only can Steph be an important team player (in the Batfam and the Titans/equivalent team) but she'll also have the freedom to do her own thing. 

Nightwing (imo) was all about moving on, growing up and maturing on your own, and while Dick might not have realized what it would become later on, it’s grown to represent hope, the “universal constant,” and creating your own legacy. The transition from Robin to Nightwing is all about this, and I think this transition would have made a lot of sense for Stephanie (Spoiler to Nightwing = growing out of her anger towards her father but also growing out from underneath Batman/Batgirl’s shadows). I think there would still be issues and insecurities of Steph living up to a predecessor, similar to when she took on the roles of Robin and Batgirl, but I want to believe that Dick would train her well enough and his own belief in Steph taking on his mantle would alleviate these problems. 

There’s a lot of AU potential with Stephanie being Nightwing (I’ve got a few myself 👀), but canon wise, I don’t think we’ll see Dick move away from the Nightwing mantle ever. I think you could probably make a good argument for Steph to be Flamebird in canon and really introduce that mantle back into the Batfam (and her and Bette can bond over terrible mentors/families, being Batgirl, and being rejected).

I've got some more thoughts circling in my head about Dick mentoring a Spoiler!Steph, but I've kind of touched base about that here so I'll leave that for another time lol

thanks for letting me ramble about this idea<3 <3

#asks #felinemotif #thanks for the ask! this was a lot of fun to write up :) #i had ben's meta on the female mentors bit saved but when my laptop died i lost it 😭 ill have to track it down later #there's so many thematic parallels between steph and dick im not sure where to start #but there's definitely another aspect/parallel of moving on from a mantle via bruce being an asshole #there's also the idea in the batman!dick era of stephanie being the “light” like how dick was the light and hope for bruce #how steph was the one to step up and keep going despite the way everything seemed to fall apart after bruce died #steph being the keystone of this new batfam would have just...worked honestly #writing this just reminds me how badly dc editorial handles the female bat characters #they're never allowed to grow or evolve or be shown to have platonic relationships with the batboys or even consistent relationships #it's a bit depressing honestly big sigh #nightwing!stephanie brown #stephanie brown #batfam

[hehearse]

to everyone blissfully unaware of ajin manga: read ajin i promise it's fun. the main character just won the low empathy swag tournament actually. i swear. i wouldn't lie about tournament results on internet.

#evolving from recommending it in dms to recommending it on dash you're welcome #it has been said that ajin being my favorite manga Explains Everything About Me #can't argue with that one and don't want to

[skitskatdacat63]

I hate booktok, is it not literally the exact same as when we(as in people like me lmao) read 'x reader' stories on wattpad back in the day?????

#god just like watching a normal vid on tiktok #and the comments are 'booktok is gonna love this 🥰🥰' #like i dont get it #i thought it was like people who read books #but then i learned its a specific type of book #and im like ....this reminds me of my childhood hm. #just all the over domineering love interests and constant smut hahaha #but its so odd to me. bcs its like literally any vid #some fashion guy i followed posted a vid of him showing off an all black fit #and all thw top comments are abt booktok #istg its atp just a way to say that the vid made you hor- sry thats rude of me djfkvklv #and like commenting it on vids of real people. like that whole hockey controversy thing w booktok #this is why im glad to be into this specific genre of rpf that im in #bcs (*most*) people understand boundaries and are respectful and everything #and booktok people feel like people who never evolved from their wattpaf days #and instead of switching to ao3 or smth they stopped reading fic and then turned into this #catie.rambling.txt

[weaselle]

lost in the sauce of learning the full story of the fig wasp

will almost certainly post what i'm now learning here once i recover from learning it

this fucking planet is so godsdamn weird

#like i knew figs were pollenated by wasps that laid their eggs in the figs but wtf #wasps and bees and ants are all basically the same animal in much the same way that dolphins and whales are basically the same animal #ants actually evolved from wasps #and i am 100% fascinated by the ants and wasps and bees my gods they have their little feet in everything #they ranch they farm they enslave they war they inject their eggs in spiders and their larva eat their way out #jeweled wasps inject behavior altering drugs into a very SPECIFIC PART of a cockroach brain... #gods i just started to fact check what i was about to say and got caught up in new details about jewel wasps #lost in the wasp sauce #oh no even before i could post this i've become rabbit holed over the first insects to evolve and the possibility of a single common ancest

[dogtoling]

somebody needs to say it. back when splatoon came out i was super excited to see more of the worldbuilding because the game was full of peculiar character designs and i found myself thinking, wow, i CAN'T WAIT to see what splatoon's WILDLIFE is like, with all the sea creatures being terrestrial and with most previous land predators being extinct there's got to be some INSANELY COOL speculative biology bear-esque land sharks and monsters out there and I CANNOT WAIT! there's going to be Creatures we never would've even thought of. incredible evolutions of notable marine predators. marine creatures adapting to hunt in interesting ways because they need to be able to work with Land now. manta rays developing flight. smaller fish developing flight as well, but perhaps more akin to something like a hummingbird!? eels becoming burrowing ambush predators On Land. like 50 ft long moray eels. huge DRAGONS even maybe (not literal dragons, but you get the point). marine creatures adapting to the roles of land animals that preceded them

and every day we learn more that the standard of non-humanoid splatoon creature is Literally Just a Fish, but it knows how to Float in Air

#rambles #i. would LOVE for splatoon to prove me wrong in the future #BUT WHY IS EVERYTHING JUST A REGULAR FISH THAT NOW FLOATS #it is literally THE easiest way out and are you telling me every fish evolved a helium chamber in their bodies as soon as they popped out #of the ocean #this rant is propelled by “i was willing to accept the great zapfish because it's at least a deity and maybe it's using magnetism” #but frye's eels and shiver's shark. those are presumably wild animals #these apex predators are unchanged from living in the ocean #EXCEPT THEY FUCKING FLY??????????? WHAT!!!!!!!! #the worst part is that we have some creatures that are LIKE THIS (flying scallops. whatever horrorboros is also. zapfish) #but then theres. Moe

[skygemspeaks]

you are inspiring me to read the martian. it has been languishing on my shelf for like 5 years

IT'S REALLY GOOD.

Like okay I'm not saying it's perfect, right? Because there are a couple things about weir's writing that get on my nerves, but overall they're pretty small nitpicks.

The science is pretty easy to digest even for people who don't know a lot about that kind of stuff (like me) and I personally really loved the main character's irreverent attitude and his crass sense of humour!

also, i feel like it showcases the best of what humanity could be. it was really great seeing the world come together to cheer on the survival of this one man, and given the protagonist's very bleak circumstances, i loved how Weir was able to bring levity to the story while still keeping me on the edge of my seat from suspense.

#the martian #anon asks #booklr #book talk #my tumblr is starting to gear more towards books recently #it's because as i grow older i find myself less and less tolerant of some of the more grating tropes in shounen anime #i still follow and absolutely adore one piece #but i haven't really picked up any new anime or manga for a long time now #because every time i try one i just cannot deal with all the...everything #i've been experiencing the same thing with ya books as well #but that's okay! #i'm enjoying seeing how my tastes evolve over time! #also that isn't to say i'm going to be completely moving away from manga and ya #just that i'm branching out into more kinds of media #i've been thinking of starting dungeon meshi recently

[maranull]

an unstructured Ranni mess of a thoughts dump or "why I love the demi-goddess doll very, very much and I wanna hold her hand(s)"

First of all. She's trying to actually help the creatures in the Lands Between, and isn't looking for the Ring for her own, or her religion's benefit. All she's after for herself is freedom of choice and she needs that so much that she literally kills her old body so that the Fingers lose track of her.

She's so stupidly stubborn to not put her closest people in danger that she repeatedly tries to shoulder everything herself while brushing off any help and acts all bothered and annoyed when she does gets that help.

She understands her step-mother/ dad well enough to know how to break them and lose faith in the Greater Will, causing the Shattering and all that comes with it (basically the whole game).

She loves her people so much and keeps them close as much as possible:

Iji is kept around as a "war counselor" when her "army" consists of three people plus the Tarnished.

She builds her new body in the shape of her old mentor.

She constantly watches over her mom.

Blaidd is the only one that she seems to don't mind having him roam the world and that's because she trusts him so much that him getting hurt probably doesn't even register to her mind.

She's extremely powerful as the murder scene at her Two Fingers shows. (The only reason she needed the Tarnished to help her with her assassin was because said assassin had taken Blaidd form and she couldn't bring herself to kill what looked like him).

~~~

Having said all that... She is also a complete and utter goof and fails repeatedly at hiding her feelings in the most funny ways possible.

"Oh? A dogged fellow, aren't we? Or is it merely thy habit, to talk to dolls?"

She says, then after you help her she gives you her freaking wedding ring, effectively telling you to marry her.

She stacks books to make herself seem taller, she tries to be fully independent then talks to everyone about her plans, she's all grouchy when she is in mini-doll form and also goes full softy.

She bids you farewell:

"And once all is done, we shall see each other, once more."

and also stays in your pocket to keep an eye on you because she always keeps an eye on those she cares about.

She is an idiot and a master planner at the same time.

She's a horse girl.

She's so alive and human while being a freaking doll- aaaaaaAAAAA

~~~

Her driving force is freedom. Her ending is giving the creatures of the Lands Between agency and life beyond what the Greater Will and the Order allowed.

And she's not simply replacing the Greater Will, she banishes it and then she also leaves, giving the simple, non godly creatures agency over their own lives and I love that so much that already mentioned it thrice.

It's the fact that despite being a demi-goddess, and also ascending to full-on Goddess at the end, she doesn't think herself better than the creatures of the world. Or that she knows better than them how to guide their lives.

AND FOR THE FOURTH TIME: Giving everyone the freedom to fuck up, be cursed, die, live, love and enjoy their moments in the world is the best fucking thing a game ending can be. And it is so fitting that it is an ending for a world that most people see as depressing, pointless and cursed.

#ranni the witch #elden ring #elden ring spoilers #unstructured thoughts #the souls games are about perseverance and defiance #and seeing them evolve from the depressing-everything that has happened will happen and there is no true escaping from the Circle- that was #the original Dark Souls is so cool #like #yes the world is a mess and everything seems pointless and doomed to fail but fighting for something better is the very point of life #am i talking about Souls games or real life here? #up to interpretation #but ye #i love Ranni #and Elden Ring is good game go play there're mods that make it easier if you need to okay-bye

[gxlden-angels]

I need Americans that were never Christian™️ to realize that the average conservative cult christian's thoughts are basically that one episode of Spongebob where he gets elected Hall Monitor and gives a speech with "Crime and Punishment. Punishment and Crime"

#christians see themselves as the hall monitors of the earth essentially #and everyone needs to be punished and have their good noodle stars taken else they'll commit arson #they genuinely believe that as soon as you stop policing people they'll delve into their deepest darkest fantasies and start committing sins #that even Jesus Christ himself didn't think of #they come from the idea that they are the only group capable of keeping things steady until Sky Papa can make his way down and fuck shit up #So when you do something bad it's because you fell into the pull of destruction #But when they do it's the equivalent of stepping on your dog's foot because they almost tripped you #I still think it's funny a bunch of christians are creationist tho lmao skill issue #My grandparents are but my dad isn't #he believes evolution essentially occurred over the same time the earth was being created #and the story of adam being made from dust was a metaphor and literal #he was made from dust made from decomposing animals and plants which he used to create us as a more perfect being #so now we continue to evolve because we're connected to the dust and can continue to try to improve #so my dad believes in evolution and went to college for biology and chemistry at the biggest HBCU in the US #That evolution/creationist tangent was completely unrelated but all twitter is for me rn is ppl freaking out about our rights being taken #I avoid twitter most of the time but like to look at my friends' and fav artists' tweets #and recently I think little joel made a video about the evolution video that was trending so yea #n e ways have a nice day y'all <3 #I've been wanting to make more hehe hahas but everything in my brain rn is Undergraduate Thesis level shit #so I haven't really been reading or writing things I can talk about on Tumblr.Com ya know? #most of it is sociological textbooks memoirs and similar stuff that Id feel talking about on my casual blog #maybe Ill make a blog. like Blog blog for my essays one day #ex christian #religious trauma