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he's had a long day of dealing with marcus' shenanigans
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adr-n-sketchy · 8 months
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idk if anyone else is watching s5 of the Dragon Prince, but end of ep 2, Viren’s having a dark magic induced fever dream of playing and loving on toddler Soren and he lifts him up and spins him around and called him “my Golden boy” I just --- what if Belos planted a similar memory in Hunter when he was created. Like what if that artificial memory was something our Golden Guard carried around for his entire life while he believed he was idk normal?! uggghhh my heart 
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aroaessidhe · 1 year
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2022 reads // twitter thread      
A Half-Built Garden
aliens make first contact & offer to help humans evacuate from what they think is a dying earth
but actually human networks are trying to heal from climate change and don’t all want to leave
diplomacy, navigating different cultures, non-anthropomorphic aliens, parenting, family,
queer, trans, jewish
#A Half-Built Garden#a half built garden#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#ok overall i really loved this#really complex and interesting alien culture/human culture discussions#it felt a litle odd that of all of earth there was only like 3 groups of people talking to the aliens? I didn't get a sense of the global di#distribution of human society#like obviously if there were tons of different [countries] all there it would have been distracting but idk#(I think it did explain why there were only a few of them lol but)#obviously i prefer the intimate complexity of just focusing on a few anyway; so#The following is not really a critique of the book just something that was really distracting for me:#there's an artifical island called zealand which is south of australia; and is like. supercorportate/capitalist/antagonists#and im like. is this the future version of NZ? or is it separate? there's no acknowledgment of any of this other than its name#they also go there and there's none of our culture or anything. it's also in an australian timezone and has aussie native plants#and i'm like - are you implying nz is australian? also someone there is talking about fruit and calls kiwifruit 'kiwis' .#basically i'm just like why is this called zealand!! it's distracting!! you could have made up a name!!#also besties in a somewhat progressive future it should be called Aotearoa!!!!#like if there was mention of the fact that aotearoa exists and also this corporate zealand was made by the rich white billionaires?#i'd be like yeah ok. because there is mention/discussion of colonialism and indigenous cultures in other parts of the book!#the places they live in america are all the indigenous names!
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moonesq-a · 1 year
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she's having a jungle themed birthday party this year, p.interest makes it look too cute
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capsensislagamoprh · 2 years
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Today has been productive.
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Want some close ups? Of corse you do.
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I made two of each. Half are silver bottomed, half gold. For that mirrored/polished brass shine.
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I like the variaty the ‘pots’ bring to decorating a doll room. Little goth, little modern, little cute, even some classical elements.
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I also like how they make it easy to decorate for any size doll. Tinny plant for a large doll? Why not. Large plant for a tinny doll? Sure thing!
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Mostly, I like how, even when you get messed up beads, you can always look to minatures to turn them into something fancy.
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Are you looking for an easy and eco-friendly way to add greenery indoors? A moss wall provides a simple and natural solution, bringing a refreshing touch of nature to your space with minimal maintenance.
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lanierdalrymple26 · 1 year
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bittersweetorpheus · 7 months
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☆ THERE IS NO SWEETER INNOCENCE THAN OUR GENTLE SIN ☆
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The original sin is the fairest: everyone sinks. make the most of the final feast, because for the sinners, the curtain call has come.
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☆ CONTENT WARNINGS ☆
Spoilers for 4.0 Fontaine archon quest, pov switches, co-dependency & obsession, hints of soft yandere
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“I’m not quite sure when it began, but a prophecy has been circulating around Fontaine: the people will all be dissolved into the waters, and only the hydro archon will remain, weeping on her throne.”
This has become a fact for the Fontaine people, with the water levels slowly rising and consuming parts of the nation. Everyone has different opinions on this- some ignore it, deciding to live in the moment- surely they’ll be long gone before water consumes the whole nation, some believe it’ll be like returning to their origins, and some dread it- how horrible must it be to dissolve into water and possibly lose themselves forever?
But mostly, the Fontaine people have been resigned to it, and gone about their day as normal. The water levels were rising pretty slowly, anyways, so it wasn’t their problem yet. Or it wouldn’t be, if the rising water was still moving at the same pace. However…
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☆ 1 WEEK BEFORE THE DUEL ☆
Your awakening is a gentle one.
Or, atleast, it is for about a minute or two before you realize you’re underwater. You panic, scrambling around like a fumbling idiot for another two minutes before you finally get your wits about you and realize that you are, in fact, not drowning and are breathing like normal even though you’re underwater? Unfortunately, along with that realization comes the fact that you… well, where even are you?
You take in your surroundings. Ignoring the fact that you’re underwater for some reason, it’s actually… very pretty. There isn’t a single piece of litter in sight, and you don’t have a hard time seeing, as the water is clear and beautiful. An underwater cliff arches a few miles behind you. The lush ocean ground beneath you splits apart and a trench can been seen below it that splits into multiple different paths leading even deeper under the ocean. The ocean floors and cliffs are lush and foliage is all around you, ranging from huge and tall stocks of plants resembling a mix between flower stems and lilypads to areas with plants the color of autumn leaves. Fish can be seen almost everywhere- crabs that glowed a mesmerizing blue, tiny tidalage, seals splotted in pastel colors, groups of fishing swimming together, and more.
The clear, litter free ocean, bright foliage, and adorable pastel creatures make for an idealized version of an ocean. And, surprisingly, they seem familiar somehow.
Wait…
You give the seals nuzzling you one last pet, and make your way to the surface of the water.
You surface. Huge mountains with colorful foliage surround the ocean. A beautiful city can be seen in the distance, with some ships floating near it. Some sort of bridge can be seen running from the city and through the mountains. It goes so far that it disappears from your line of sight.
Oh.
Oh. Your guess was right. You’re in Fontaine. You stay there for a bit, astonished. You push that to the back of your mind, you’ll deal with it later. But first, did you still have your inventory? You cross your fingers- please, please, please! Archons, you spent so much money getting all those weapons and characters and so much time just farming materials and artifacts. You shudder at the thought of losing all your progress. You’ve already checked the banners, and they’re the same as usual, so you close your eyes, trying your hardest to imagine opening your inventory and-
Huh? What? You are, once again, astonished. You close your inventory and open it again- maybe its just a glitch? Or maybe you’re delirious. You open it again. Nope. Nothing’s changed.
When did you have all these characters- you’re pretty sure some of these characters haven’t even become playable yet. And all these weapons? Wait, how good is your artifact luck? How is this possible? Are you gonna be banned for hacking? Can you even be banned if you’re actually in the game?
You slowly close the inventory once again, still in shock.
Surely this is a dream, right? Yeah! It’s just a lucid dream, even if it feels so realistic.
You decide to spend your time exploring and petting more animals- maybe even meeting some characters! Who knows when you’ll be able to dream like this again.
Yep. Just a dream. You’re just dreaming, thats all.
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☆ 1/2 WEEK BEFORE THE DUEL ☆
Dozens of rain droplet streak down the stained glass windows of Nuevilette’s office. Jazz plays, alongside the sounds of a heavy downpour of rain and the ticking of the clocks in the office. He finishes flipping through the files and leans back in his padded chair. He hasn’t been able to do much work these couple of days, always anticipating the familiar feeling of warmth flooding into his body and being guided to do things, but it never came, and with that realization, the rain had started to pour even harder.
Had you finally abandoned him? Had he not concealed his feelings well enough? Were You able to see through his facade? Had You finally noticed his concealed feelings whenever he saw You guiding the ever so immature Furina, or doing exploring the city with Navia? How the corner of his lips would curl down every so slightly whenever You took the warden, Wriothesley, to go ice-briding when You felt bored, one-shot bosses with the Champion Duelist Clorinde for fun, or farmed for talent materials for the magician triplets?
He may not understand humans and their emotions, but even he knows what these feelings are. So, he promises that he’ll stop soaking in jealousy or anger when you fawn over the two Fatui Harbingers or anything of that sort. Just… come back to him. Don’t abandon him. Comfort him like You always do. Praise him, praise his appearance, praise his personality, please come back, he needs You.
But he knows that You haven’t abandoned him. You’re still here, in fact, Your presence is stronger than ever, and the whole of Teyvat is flourishing, almost like its in celebration of something. So, where are You?
Neuvillette sighs, standing from his chair. He’d better check on Furina- who knows what she may be doing without your guidance. As he starts to walk to the door, his long tailcoat brushes against his desk, making a file that was buried beneath all the others fall down, onto the ground. It’s contents sprawl on the floor.
He bends down, picking up the papers and placing them back into the file. As he does, he skims over the contents.
He frowns. Could it be true?
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☆ 2 DAYS BEFORE THE DUEL ☆
People are whispering, and Focalor is frozen in place.
The whispering grows louder. She can make out hushed and anxious tones.
“What’s she doing just standing there? How disrespectful.” She hears.
She snaps out of her state of awe, and tries to take grasp of the situation. Unfortunately, in her panic, she says the first thing that comes to mind.
“Imposter!”
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☆ 1 DAY BEFORE THE DUEL ☆
“And what do you say to these claims?” Nuevillette asks, snapping ‘The Imposter’ out of their stupor.
“No.” ‘The Imposter’ says.
Nuevillette frowns, “no? I ask that you elaborate.”
“How am I supposed to defend myself if I don’t even know what I did wrong?” ‘The Imposter’ reasons, still not fully processing the situation.
“Hah! Trying to act dumb won’t work here. You know what you did!” Focalor interjects. Truthly, this situation had come to be because of her carelessness and now it had spiralled way out of her control. She can’t take back what she said now, so she’d had to pray for the best. She dug her grave, so she might as well lie in it and hope for the best. I mean, surely it was fine, right? Surely this is an imposter. “If you can’t defend yourself in court, than you might as well duel to prove your innocence.
“I- huh? Alright, then.” ‘The Imposter’ says, not seeing any other choice. “I request a duel, I guess.”
“Very well, your request is accepted. You will be dueling against Clorinde tomorrow at dawn.” Nuevillette says.
People slowly filter out of the court room in anticipation for the day of the duel.
Focalor has a sinking feeling in her gut.
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☆ THE DAY OF THE DUEL ☆
Clorinde sits at the harbor, too ashamed to watch over The Creator.
The duel had lasted no more than one or two minutes. The Creator had made no move to fight back, and Clorinde had made quick work of Them. It was only when she had made her way over to Them to end Their life when she noticed the ichor that spilled from Their many wounds. Her heart sunk into her chest. In a panic, she screamed for doctors. She had tried her best to keep Them awake, but They had already fallen unconscious by the time the doctors arrived.
Obviously, The Creator was still alive- who knew what would happen to Teyvat if The Creator, Themselves, Died. But she couldn’t get the image of their unconscious form out of her mind. The sin she’d committed weighed her down like the anchor of a boat.
She sighed, standing up shakily, starting the walk back to the city and…
Wait. Was the water level always this high?
Oh.
Oh. 
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wayward-delver · 8 months
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Someone on Twitter was surprised/confused by the Disassembly/Murder Drones' very large wingspan, but actually, this is a stroke of realism as this is consistent with giant soaring species from real life. The bigger you're overall body size/weight, your wings must be proportionally larger to compensate. Allow me to elaborate further on this.
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Now upon first hearing that, one might suggest the Murder Drones' wings should be even larger since they're robots and are probably heavier than organic life. But this isn't true cause Worker Drones are extremely light seeing as Tessa can easily carry them, Murder Drones are clearly much larger perhaps 2-4xs the weight but likely not much heavier than a human judging by the physics presented.
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There are many benefits to being gigantic fliers over other types of flight. For one it is perhaps the move efficent form of long distance travel in nature; the wing's surface area generates a lot of lift/power, the mass of the body means gives them with stability and a resistance against the elements. This means they can fly at great heights and travels massive distances on few and shallow wingbeats for extended while burning next to no energy. The benefits this has for Disassembly Drones should be obvious regarding the "nature" of their being. And despite the robots clearily staying afloft at least partially by artifical means such as hovering, it's clear the huge wings are still mandatory to achieve.
Ofcourse there are other benefits to this form travel such as spotting and getting the drop on unsuspecting prey, quite literally in this case. While they aren't as heavily armed as the machines, being a giant flier requires a lot nutrients, something plants can't provide without being a detriment to flying ability at this scale. So that only left meat on the table and therefore all truly large soaring animals are carnviores. Now there are steamrolling to this, as flying means they sweep through numerous areas effectively and burning relatively little energy between visits. Allowing them to binge on many small meals or a single large one and rest it off in a high place where enemies cannot reach them,(although adults tend not to have any predators).
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Ofcourse this is mostly speculative and I don't believe Liam or Glitch thought this hard about extinct birds and pterosaurs to explain wings meant mostly to look cool/scary while also stabbing/blocking things. But it's fun when interesting elements in a world actually fits in with reality as it grounds the fiction, making the world more emersive.
P.S. To any artists making MD OCs larger than the characters, go wild.
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cnestus · 5 months
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i recently solved a fun little bug mystery at work and i thought it might be interesting to write up a step-by-step narrative of how i did so, as a sort of example of the kinds of things i get to do for my job. this is a stupidly long post because i have no editorial self-control so i'm putting the rest under a cut.
the above insect is a bark beetle, one of a series of 6 specimens i found in a drawer at work. they did not have species labels on them, and the collection labels indicated that they were collected in 1997 from "Chinese Cedrus used for artifical christmas trees." the infested wood had been intercepted and the beetles collected and pinned, but whoever was working in the lab at the time wasn't able to suss out the species, which is extremely reasonable because even IDing american bark beetles to species can be a massive pain in the ass, let alone ones from asia.
the beetles were clearly in the genus Phloeosinus based on the shape of the antennae and the large spines on the elytral declivity (the ass area), and whoever pinned them at least got them that far themselves, but determining the actual species was going to be a lot harder. even american beetles in this genus can be devilishly hard to confidently ID to species since they often look alike and also are quite morphologically variable in ways the bleed into each other. they are pretty cool though and those ass spines are usually critical in species-level identification
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btw since i'm going to be writing out this word a lot in this post, it's pronounced roughly as "flea-o-sign-us" if you're curious.
determining bark beetle species is often made much easier by knowing what tree the beetle came out of since most bark beetles (but not ambrosia beetles, which are also scolytid/scolytine beetles but a whole other can of worms grubs) are highly host-specific, usually being adapted to only a certain tree species or genus or small group of related genera.
so Cedrus is the genus for eurasian cedar trees, and there is one species of Cedrus native to china, Cedrus deodara, but that seems like an odd choice of plant to harvest and send to america for artificial christmas tree trunks. most actual Cedrus species are from the mediterranean area. however there are also some chinese trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae (+Taxodiaceae) that are called cedars, and in fact most species of Phloeosinus are exclusively found in trees in this family. one likely species is Cunninghamia lanceolata, traditionally called "chinese fir" despite not being a fir but also more recently marketed as "chinese cedar" because that's how common names for species go.
oh and there is also the tree Toona sinensis in the family Meliaceae that's ALSO sometimes called "chinese cedar" for some reason but more importantly also called "beef and onion plant" lmao, but that was an even worse candidate for an artificial christmas tree trunk and also not a known host for the beetles. easily discounted but i had a laugh.
so my first angle of attack was to assume that the collection labels were correct and the beetles were in fact from a Cedrus tree. i was able to find a list of about a half dozen Phloeosinus species known to attack Cedrus cedars, but none of them were native to china. this would most likely mean that one of the mediterranean species had been transplanted to china for cultivation, which is entirely plausible. after digging though a bunch of literature i wasn't able to find a good key for Phloeosinus species in the entire area i wanted, but found a couple regional keys covering geographic ranges that when combined covered about what i wanted. for non-biologists, this is what a species key looks like:
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sort of a choose your own adventure kind of thing but for determining a creature's true identity. anyway none of the results i got from these keys led to species who's descriptions matched the one that i had. i should also mention that my specimens had a rather distinctive feature unlike any other Phloeosinus species i'd ever seen before, which was an elytral vestiture consisting of these really funky little black explanate scales:
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most Phloeosinus species have some kind of vestiture on their elytra but all the ones i'm familiar with have the hairs and scales light-colored and never shaped anything like this, so i figured that the description of the correct species would surely mention these scales.
so anyway dissatisfied with this avenue, i decided that the next most likely option is that whoever made the labels for the specimens was told that they had come from "chinese cedar" by the importer and had just assumed that meant Cedrus but it was actually one of the cypress family cedars. again most of the described species do in fact use Cupressaceae as hosts.
so next i found this UN report with a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all non-EU bark and ambrosia beetle species that attacked conifer trees. i culled from that a list of Phloeosinus species listed as coming from "asia." since that was too broad of an area, i then looked up all of these species in the species catalogues listed in the report, mostly Alonso-Zarazag et al (2007), though some were also listed in Wood and Bright (1992) or Bright and Skidmore (2002), which i happen to have physical copes of. from these i could narrow the list down to just species found in china.
now things became difficult because there are no keys to chinese Phloeosinus, or at least none in english. also even just written descriptions of many of these species were impossible to find because they were all written like 60-100 years ago and usually in chinese or german or french and had never been translated or uploaded anywhere online. likewise almost none of them had research-grade (or any) photos anywhere online.
so after hours of fruitless digging, the best i could come up with was a guide to scolytine beetles of korea (PDF link), which contained a key with a handful of the species on my list and did include english descriptions of these. now one of the species in the guide, P. perlatus, IS DESCRIBED as having dark scales, and my specimens did seem to land on that species when i ran them through the key. that's promising! and the hosts were on my list of possible non-Cedrus chinese cedars! also promising! buuuut something just didn't sit right with me. parts of the species description in that paper just didn't seem to quite match my specimens, like for example the size was a little off, described as being 2.4-3.4mm long, while all of mine were in the 3.3-3.6 range. plus the photos of the species, while distressingly low-resolution, just didn't look like mine.
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okay so that was dissatisfying. i'd managed to whittle down my list of suspects a good deal from what little scraps of information i could find about them through my sleuthing, either the wrong hosts or the ones that did have english descriptions available online like in that korean guide didn't fit, but i was still left with several possible candidates and no way to narrow it down further, of course this all assuming that the beetles i had on my hands even were a species that had been scientifically described and named. bark beetles are a huge group of critters and many are quite understudied, especially in asia, and a bunch of new species are described every year!
i was about ready to just give up, but then by coincidence i had a reason to email a couple of high-level bark beetle researchers about a different beetle mystery i was also working on, which was in a group that they were the authorities on. on a whim, i mentioned my Phloeosinus conundrum to them to see if they had any ideas and they recommended i contact Dr. Roger Beaver. yeah, i know right? fucking kickass name i'm so jealous. sidenote: it's so funny how many bark beetle researchers have extremely appropriate names, like two of the biggest names in the field are Steve Wood and Dave Wood. no relation.
so anyway i contacted Dr Beaver, who had done some research on east asian Phloeosinus in the past and he was kind enough to send me an unpublished provisional key to chinese species that he had written up a few years ago. using that key, i ended up at "P. pertuberculatus (?=sinensis)" which means that there was some suspicion that P. pertuberculatus and P. sinensis were the same species, just described and named independently by two different entomologists (Hans Eggers and Karl Eduard Schedl respectively), as often happened, especially in the glory days of insane 18th-20th century european entomologists describing literally thousands of new species during their careers.
now these two species WERE both on my final list of suspects of chinese Phloeosinus species that hadn't otherwise been eliminated for one reason or another, and both had Cunninghamia "cedar" trees as known hosts. Dr Beaver was then kind enough to scan and send me the original descriptions of these two species:
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which i was able to use google translate on:
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not the nicest translation but still an admirable attempt on google's part to deal with all the entomological jargon, and most importantly the description of the elytral scales on P. sinensis definitely seems to match my specimens more than the pertuberculatus. plus i found a paper on taiwanese bark beetles (PDF) coauthored by Dr Beaver that had a (also distressingly low-resolution) photo of pertuberculatus that didn't seem to match my specimens:
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aaand finally: i'd been trying for days to access the webpage of a chinese museum that popped up as the only notable result on a google image search for P. sinensis but every time the website would time out and the cached version of the image was too small to make out any details on, but it finally occurred to me this evening that the reason was probably because my work computer or work wifi was just automatically blocking chinese websites because of america's insane paranoia about chinese spying, and sure enough i opened it up on my home computer and it fucking worked!
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that's a pretty fucking bang-on match for my specimens! the scales look right, the color is right, the size is right, the ass bumps are right, the host is right, the geography is right, and the translated description otherwise seems to match! here's mine again so you don't have to scroll all the way up:
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so i'm calling this 26-year mystery solved! not all of the bug puzzles i've worked on have had as meandering of a path to their conclusion as this, but i thought that this one did display a good number of the different methods i use. the biggest thing that was missing was me wandering into my lab's massive library of old dusty entomology journals stretching back over a century and digging out some old article that never got scanned and put online, as often happens, but in this case since the bugs were asian and out library mostly covers north american entomology that wasn't going to be very fruitful.
hopefully this was interesting to... somebody besides myself. if you've read this far and weren't bored to tears then congratulations you probably have the same kind of brain damage as me!
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I've only had dcrau for like two hours BUT PLEASE I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WORLD
Ok, some miscellaneous things that probably wouldn't fit well on a graph or bio.
Though it is a dystopic setting it's not really a dystopia story? Their lives just kinda suck in a very mundane "this is how it is" way, distracted by technology, work, and the average person's good intentions.
It is a post-disaster biopunk and solarpunk setting, where the world is in shambles and the government heavily controls the population through a tier system that ranks citizens based on their usefulness to the cause of rehabilitating the earth. It dictates their housing (which is assigned by the government), and various licenses to adopt plants and animals, and start a family. It also controls someone's utilities allowance.
Basically, the government uses people's good intentions and desire to make the world better after its near destruction to control them. Every time a scandal breaks out the response is always something like "this was needed to save the planet, don't you care about the plants?"
All plants that are still alive are owned by the nurseries who cultivated them, and there's a fine for letting them die if you've adopted them. Animals work in a similar manner and real meat is a luxury food. Only tier 3 and up citizens are allowed to have children, tier 4 being allowed to adopt.
Most settlements including large chunks of cities are intentionally left abandoned to be reclaimed by nature, a la artifical reefs. Energy consumption is also heavily monitored. There are rogue communities living in these locations but they are restricted access.
There's a distinct line in the city called the horizon. Basically the city is so over-built the lower sections get almost no light. Tier 4 and 5 citizens are relegated to living below the horizon, making it difficult to do tasks such as community gardening or collecting surplus solar energy that could help raise their tier. Tango was lucky he happened to work in a high value field where he made connections with tier 1 and 2 citizens who could vouch for his promotions.
They have higher utilities allowances due to the lack of access to solar energy and land to be self sustaining. Theoretically this means they have more, but in reality higher tier citizens produce more of their own energy and food enough to feed back into the system (and increase their tier in the process).
The technology to regrow flesh exists, as does genetic mods, though wait times for official proceedures are ridiculous, so a lot of them are done illegaly on the black market. Tango used his knowledge and access to essencially grow a parasitic bug into a limb after his real arm with damaged.
As for dryads, no one as far as Tango is aware has seen or heard of real ones before, but theyre technically immortal beings whose biology acts like that of a plant. They can be really tiny or bigger than a human depending on their current growth, and can understand plants. (Tango is convinced if the government found out about Jimmy they would kidnap him to either farm his regrowing abilities or abuse greenthumb, or possibly just chop him up for experiments' sake.)
They don't have a centralized brain, their consciousness flows through their whole body. So, even though they can infinitely regrow, sudden damage or loss of body parts can affect their memories, knowledge, and personality. Jimmy can't recall large chunks of his past due to this, but this is the way it is for dryads so he isn't too distressed by it.
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lauvwar-r · 7 months
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04 from the start ⸝⸝ library date (gone wrong)
tw. . . minor mentions of blood (again)
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beads of sweat (and perhaps tears) ran down your face as you stopped at the second floor of the library. while the ground floor was stockpiled with various books ranging from fiction to non fiction, the upper floor housed an idyllic study and reading space paired with a student-run coffee shop.
the air held an aromatic smell — smoky and earthy which complimented the overall rustic vibe of the place. although artifical, the books and plants that decorated the (what was once empty) shelves and rails suited the place too, capturing the classic academia aesthetic the council were going for. the perfect environment for talking shit about sampo (you're joking. you'd never do that to your best bud sampo... maybe).
unfortunately, you weren't in the mood for that right now because you swear — you were dying.
you wouldn't say you weren't athletic or anything but holy shit, with the way these stairs made you gasp and heave like you just ran a marathon, you'd start to think you were. like — couldn't the school at least afford those flat escalators used in airports and malls?
searching the area for your blonde 'boo-boo bear', you couldn't find him. ain't no way i just got played (dhmu im going home and never going to the library ever again- )
ah. never mind, he's at the table behind you. and man, did he look so cute when he was focused.
surprisingly, he was seated at a circular table a bit far from the others — your favourite spot. why? "so i can stalk geppie from afar obviously!" you once told your friends jokingly. in reality, it was for a totally different reason.
your eyes wandered back to the man in question. he was dead concentrated on his laptop, perhaps trying to fix the dumpter fire of a poster he produced. jaw tightening, he leaned backwards, an adorably annoyed sigh left him as he ran a hand through his messy, blonde locks which caused the silver necklace you gave him to jingle across his chest. god damn, he's so illegally fineeeee.
...but how'd he know that was you favourite spot?
"oh name? you alright?" he asked, finally noticing your struggling form against the railing.
why do i hear wedding bells?
"give me a sec... damn these stairs... im gunna manifest the downfall of whoever made them... " you huffed, shaking your fist like a senile old man.
"uh huh... i uh- wish you good luck on that," gepard replied, patting you on the shoulder stiffly. he's so awkward (i want him). "anyway, as promised, i have your favourite coffee at the table. let's start?"
"'course!" you cheered, thanking the man above for the absolute angel in front of you. but as you were about to grab your drink-
"well aren't we moving fast, huh?" you teased, "holding hands before marriage, geppie? technically not my hand but my wrist... but you know what i mean-"
"...why's your hand bloody?"
"h uh???"
looking down at your right hand, sure enough, it was covered in a liquid layer of crimson that dripped down your palm to your fingers. it seems you had clenched your hand too hard earlier when receiving gepard's text message in the music room, causing small punctures to appear on the palm of your hand.
"...woops?" you shrugged dismissively, "i'll ask a barista for a tissue or something- hey! where are we going? geppie?"
he looked... angry? kinda hot tho-
woah who said that??????
"the infirmary. you should at least wrap the cuts properly," he replied sternly, dragging you towards the exit of the library, your wrist still firmly in his hold. "plus," he started, "shouldn't we already be used to hand holding?"
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MASTERLIST ⸝⸝ previous! ⸝⸝ next!
𑁤 sypnosis. despite claiming to be 'rizz master 3000' name has failed to ask out their crush and childhood best friend, gepard, for a few years (L). with this new wave of courage, will this lovestruck idiot be able to confess before gepard buys a house and adopts 3 cats and a bunny with someone else? (this is a joke. geppie will not be adopting 3 cats and a bunny).
notes. . . i actually planned to have this chapter be longer (more than 2x the length of this one) but it was getting too long :( so i apologise for the short chapter. next one will be the other half tho! (also written) so i hope you look forward to it <3 (edit: omg the fucking coffee?!?!?!)
. . .tags @520cafe , @kitsuxiv , @91ed0 , @iridescentsunsetwaters
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weightgainworld · 1 year
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Trust me
You can trust me. I know just how to help you lose weight. First, make sure to eat more yummy addictive sweets. I know people say they are bad for you, but actually they are quite healthy. Since sugar comes from sugar cane, that makes its healthy since it comes from a plant. Let's add sugar to all your drinks, and desserts. The pounds will just melt off you. Speaking of melting, eat more cheese. Blocks of it, whole bags of it. Just cover everything in a healthy layer of soft stretchy cheese. It even help you eat some vegetables by making it taste better. You can't gain weight if you are eating lots of veggies right? Make sure to also get lots of soda. Never get diet. Not only do you not know what those artifical sugars can do to you, but they also make you crave sugar more. Everything in moderation, but a liter or 2 of soda never hurt anyone. Last but not least, don't eat too much protein. Get lots of high carb and high cholesterol food. There is good and bad cholesterol, but if it has lots of that in the food, they must be good ones. For the carbs, they will make you fuller longer. If you eat a whole loaf of sandwiches, you won't be hungry as often. Let's see how much you lose in a month. I look forward to seeing your progress.
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bluetraverser · 11 months
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Elliott headcanon #2329
- will never, ever get fully drunk again once he has children. Even when they are grown. What if they randomly come by and need him? [Now what counts as completely drunk is debatable.]
- Very hesitant to drink in front of his children anyway. Maximum a single glass of wine with dinner. Maybe. Might lament slightly once they are fully grown.
- Loves a fruity light cocktail. Doesn’t need to have alcohol as long as it’s well made.
- Will make fruit-juice popsicles for his kids because why buy something artifical?
- In favor of ‘natural’ things - to a reasonable degree. Herbal teas and natural healing plants are great. But If his kids need antibiotics, they get them. Homeopathy is bs and he will tell practioners to their face that they are charlatans and to get lost with their snake-oil.
- Dials up the old-timey word-use by 100% once he has kids. So many fun old timey dad words to use! So many random things he can blabber without being questioned except by his face-palming spouse! He will grin like the absolute fool he is if his kids imitate his tomfoolery.
- When his kids are grown and ready to move out, he will alternate between being the most intensily caring and helpful person and his struggle to try and not be overbearing, to encourage them in making their own path, enjoying their formative years, to strive for freedom and experiencing life on their own... and then jumping back to emphasize that they will always be welcome back home, that Elliott [and spouse] will always come running if needed will always be there to lend a hand...  Will force himself to not overtly cry when they leave while they can still see him but definitly cries in their empty room when the child has moved out.
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onlyswan · 2 years
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summary: in which you and jungkook are just two young souls deeply in love.
> fluff / wc: 2.7k
> warnings: burn out from overworking . it’s been a stressful time for you bc of deadlines </3 you and me are one . a fish dying?
note: as always lmk what you think hehe sorry for typos and errors i still miss some of them even after proofreading T_T
“i feel great.” you grin delightfully at jungkook, chest heaving up and down as you clutch the half empty bottle of cold water in your hand. the cold air inside the convenience store gives you much needed relief after being out and about under the sun for hours.
he’s too busy chugging on his own water bottle to verbally respond, but the corners of his lips rising into a smile tells you enough. it’s been a while since you’ve went for a run with jungkook at the park by the river. the endless amount of deadlines to be met rendered you prisoner in your shared home, only allowing you the time to eat and sleep before you need to get back into work again.
i just want to get everything done as soon as possible, you’d whine as you bury your face in your boyfriend’s chest during the break he reminds you that you need atleast every two hours. this is how you’ve always operated — giving it everything you’ve got until you drop. you and jungkook are awfully similar in that way. you both know this. that’s why you’ve made it a thing to snap the other out of it and to remind them to take a breather. your overall wellbeing is the top priority in any given situation.
let’s take a break so we don’t get burnt out. have some snacks, my love. you’re reading the book upside down. baby, don’t get too close to the screen. it’s bad for your eyes. hmm, i think the third one is the best version. the words will come to you when you clear your mind from worries, come back to bed. you made a mistake? i didn’t even notice. you’re a pro! you’re doing so well. you work so hard. i’m so proud of you. do you want me to sing you to sleep?
with jungkook’s unwavering love and care, you finished all your works without completely turning into an insane person. to be honest, you’re not expecting the best of results. but you tried the best you could at the time. you’re well past blaming yourself for things you can no longer control. what matters the most is the present.
the present, you say? as in jungkook letting you have a taste of his mango flavored popsicle, your hand holding on to his wrist. you lick your lips to savor the sweet flavor, humming in satisfaction. you tap your watermelon flavored popsicle against his lips next, and he eagerly copies your actions from earlier. he looks into your eyes with mischief sparkling from his own, lips forming a smirk. he moans dramatically, raising his eyebrows after.
“you are insufferable.” you roll your eyes at his playful antics. the simple touch of his soft grip on your wrist feels comforting somehow, more so when his thumb brushes repeatedly against your skin. it’s almost a natural reflex. appreciating every inch of you every second of every day.
he leans forward, planting a sweet kiss on your lips. wet and sticky. messy and addicting. with the yellow-orange hues of the sky passing through the glass and kissing his honey skin, he asks you with a childish grin. “exchange deal?”
you walk out of the convenience store holding hands. you’re devouring the mango popsicle after exchanging with jungkook once each of your own was already half-eaten. you pretty much share everything with each other. popsicles. clothes. lip balm. perfume. home. the bathroom sink. the pack of cotton balls. the jar of strawberry jam. the blanket. the childhood experience of buying a pet fish and the said pet fish dying the next day. the progress and high score in your ps5 games. families. secrets. dreams. warmth. love.
“can we do this every sunday?” you ask him out of the blue, hopeful eyes looking at his face. you notice the artifical red color of the popsicle has spread on his lips, making them look more kissable.
he nods his head without second thought. “of course, baby. we could do it more often if only you don’t wake up at noon.” he chuckles before biting off the small remaining piece of the cold treat from the wooden stick.
these days, his schedules usually take place in the afternoon. too bad you’re not a morning person. never was. tried. failed. miserably. your day often starts at one in the afternoon. awfully disconnected from the real world, you must admit.
“you like sunset more than sunrise.”
as if on cue, his head whips up to admire the sky. splashes of yellow, orange, blue, and purple. “that’s true. let’s do this every sunday.”
“okay.” you hide a content smile, going back to eating your popsicle as you walk all the way home. when you reach the spot where you need to cross the road, jungkook’s protective hold crawls up to your wrist to keep you secure by his side. there are no pedestrian lane and traffic lights here, so he often stresses the importance of crossing the street carefully since you frequently visit the convenience store.
he looks to the left and to the right, waiting for the perfect timing. it’s already 5pm which means the rush hours are starting. vehicles moving at a hurried pace continue to pass by. he gives up for a moment, choosing to look at you instead. you’ve finished the popsicle, the stick sitting between your teeth because there’s no trash can in sight.
“you’re so pretty.”
his random compliment makes you giggle. you remove the stick between your teeth. “i’m all dirty and sweaty.”
“you’re pretty nonetheless. this is the happiest i’ve seen you in weeks.” the fond look on his face makes you feel safe.
“thank you. for being with me in my miserable weeks and happy weeks.”
you don’t miss the slight blush on his cheeks. “you do the same for me.”
“well, you’re my best friend.”
jungkook finally finds the opportunity to cross the road, his hand wrapping around yours to lead you. you’re forced to speed walk because the taxi ahead have no plans in slowing down.
“asshole.” he mutters under his breath. you catch up by his side, grimacing because you can feel yourself starting to sweat again.
as you continue your walk, an idea pops in your mind. you voice it out immediately. “let’s go on a bicycle date too.”
“when was the last time you rode a bicycle?” he asks, raising an eyebrow.
“i don’t know. when i was like eight, i think?” you giggle at the old image in your head, swerving to the right and falling into the pond. “i’ll figure it out somehow.”
he shakes his head in amusement. “let’s set the date once we order elbow and knee pads for you.”
you click your tongue, slightly offended. “everyone’s just going to mistake the scars from childhood, you know?”
“fine. just don’t whine while i disinfect your wounds.” he taunts you playfully.
you stick out your tongue at him, your next words contradicting your actions. “i’m not a baby.”
“sure, sure.” he hums, avoiding your eyes by looking away.
you scoff. it’s your turn to mutter the word, “asshole.”
as you walk by the playground, something catches your eyes. “jungkook,” you tug at his shirt to catch his full attention, halting on your tracks.
“look!” you point at the abandoned box of sidewalk chalks, various colors used to decorate the lifeless grey pavement. all the kids went home already, the playground deserted. it makes nostalgia overflow in your chest, spilling over to get translated into childish excitement as you excitedly tug your boyfriend to the spot.
you sit down with legs crossed on the ground, jungkook copying your position beside you. his bright laughter fills the air, unable to hide how giddy he is as you.
“the kids drew animals.” he uses the blue chalk to write the name of the animals under the poorly but cutely drawn pictures. you join him, bending forward on your knees to write the words tiger and frog with a yellow chalk. the chalk dust falls down like heavy snow on a winter day.
you notice the drawing of a bunny. jungkook already wrote the name under it, and you write down his name enclosed in an open and close parenthesis as an endearing little joke. you look at his face to watch his reaction, and you’re not disappointed when he giggles and lightly bumps his head against yours. his adorable bunny teeth make you unexplainably happy. it’s the little things about him you find yourself often hopelessly adoring.
“i’m gonna draw a fairy tree.” he announces, already holding the brown chalk. “i hope it doesn’t run out before i finish.” and you hope to god it really doesn’t or else he’s going to run to the store to buy more chalk just to finish his artwork. in fear of that happening, you rummage through the box and find another brown one. and two different shades of green. there are a few other duplicates. you empty the box on the ground to make it easier for the both of you.
“draw to your heart’s extent, my love.”
that gains you an appreciative kiss on the lips before he comes back to his one great love: art. you busy yourself with drawing clouds with faces. a happy cloud on a sunny day. a crying cloud on a rainy day, raindrops pouring down from it. an angry cloud on a stormy day, eliciting thunder bolts.
hanging low on the sky, the sun watches over you as it prepares to hide from sight to let the moon shine bright. it sighs dreamily, enamoured with the sight of such pure souls intertwined by unfeigned love.
later on, jungkook brings out his phone to play music. you quickly recognize it to be one of chopin’s nocturnes, as you often listen to his pieces in the quiet moments in your life. usually when reading or taking a bath or staring out the window on a pouring day (it counts as quiet because your ears turn numb from how loud it is sometimes).
“really?” you look back at him, pleasantly surprised by his choice. your backs are already facing each other as you draw flowers all over the remaining space on the pavement, determined to make the playground look as colorful as possible.
“isn’t this romantic?” he asks with hazy eyes, heart fully content if ever time is to stop in this moment forever.
“so romantic. i feel happy.” you answer truthfully. “big thanks to the kids who got dragged home they left their chalk behind.” at that, he throws his head back laughing like a little kid.
you bask in the comfortable silence that comes after, the classical music and the subtle sound of chalk gliding across the cemented ground providing a peaceful and intimate ambiance. you keep yourself busy with drawing a rainbow. god knows how much you needed this. someone. something. anyone. anything. to remind you how much you truly love life. you’ve spent the past month thinking about the parts of it that you hate — the parts of it that you want to discard. it may sound dramatic, but when you’ve faced more than enough hardships in your life, there comes a point when minor conveniences set you off easily because they start to look like major punishments from the universe itself.
that’s one of the million reasons you’re grateful to love and be loved by jungkook. you read a phrase once that says to love you is to be in love with everything. you think it describes jungkook’s influence in your life perfectly. it’s a rare happenstance to fall in love with living in the process of loving a person. trial and error. forlorn searching. not meant to be. but you’re a member of the lucky ones club.
“babe, your little drawings are so cute. i love the clouds.” he snickers. “the angry one looks like you.”
jungkook. oh, jungkook.
your brain is too busy faling in love with him all over again to react to his silly little joke. “oh my god, you are crazy. like you scare me.”
you gape at the fairy tree he drew. there’s a small door at the very bottom, scattered mushrooms beside the roots. a big hole in the middle of the trunk as the bedroom. a bed with blue, yellow, and pink pillows propped up and even a white curtain with purple polkda dots drawn to the side. a tire is hanging on one of the side branches. green vines wrap themselves around the trunk and branches, subtly forming a few hearts here and there. the giant tree grows orange and violet flowers. you notice a sky blue kite sticking out from the leaves, obviously stuck.
“you drew that much details with sidewalk chalk? you’re crazy.”
“that’s still a compliment, right?” he chuckles, leaning his chin on your shoulder as he embraces you from the back. it’s already dark outside. the indigo sky does not prove enough light for you to properly study his work of art, so you had to shine your phone’s flashlight on it.
“are you kidding? baby, you’re insanely talented. like you just put your all in everything you do no matter how small or big the task is. and they always turn out to be perfect.” you gush to your boyfriend, opening your camera to take countless of pictures.
“thank you, my love. send the pictures to me later so i can post on instagram.” he requests with a cheeky smile on his face, quite proud of how his little project turned out.
you mutter an ‘okay’. your dreamy eyes wander all over the details and the colors and the techniques he used to achieve the results. “this is so pretty. it makes me want to live in a tree.” you breath comes out airy, still in much awe.
this makes him laugh, his breath tickling your skin. “you know what? we should live in a cottage someday. it’s one of my dreams.”
you gasp at his words, not expecting this from him. “excuse me. one of your what? why am i only hearing this now?”
“it’s a secret. i’m planning to surprise you with it in the future. like twenty, thirty years from now. so plenty of time for you to forget all about it!” he sounds too cheerful for a person who just spilled a two year kept secret.
you turn around to face him, shaking his shoulders in an attempt to knock some sense into him and to make him understand how much this means to you. “you know it’s one of my fantasies. how am i supposed to forget about it?!”
“what did you eat for dinner three days ago?” he widens his bambi eyes, quizzing you to prove his point.
you freeze. oh, this is unfair and cruel. “the two things are not comparable!”
he shrugs his shoulders, feigning innocence. “just don’t think about it for now.” he kisses the corner of your lips and pulls away with a patronizing smile.
the lamp posts turn on one by one. he looks around and his lips form an ‘o’. “i think that’s our cue to leave. let’s go home and freshen up, baby.”
you let him drag you away from the playground, but your whining doesn’t get left behind there. “what do you mean surprise me? on my 40th birthday? on my 50th? oh, maybe yours? or our anniversary?”
“i will not satisfy your questions with an answer.”
“a cottage? in the countryside? with a lake nearby? and cows? and ducks?”
you don’t stop pestering him even in the elevator bringing you up to your apartment unit. the smile on his face only fuels you to keep going until you pry the answers out of him. oh, he’s enjoying this too much.
“you’re really going to do it, aren’t you? in that case, will we grow our own fruits and vegetables? can we bring my entire library? and adopt cats?”
he pulls you in for a tight embrace to shut you up, squeezing you. “don’t worry your pretty little head and just think about what you want to do when we get there, okay?”
you raise your head from his chest and gasp for oxygen. his troubled doe eyes meet your eager ones. “so you’ll build a cottage for us?”
he groans, forehead dropping on your shoulder. “i shouldn’t have said anything.”
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regaliasonata · 5 months
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I could've sworn someone asked me for Katherine headcanon but I can't find it in the inbox sadly...
Katherine Hillard Headcanons
-Katherine's favorite passtime honestly revolves around collecting things, mainly after becoming a ranger her interest peaked on the mysteries of the world so now her curiosity is unlimited.
-Both her and Kimberly have found ways to split the pink powers via the Thunder and ninja zords of their respective colors thus putting Zordon's research on too much pink power to a rest. However they still try to keep things to a minimum.
-Because of the phoenix properties of her zord Katherine has found good usage of bringing life to plants, she doesn't mind volunteering at an orphanage and with her abilities she's able to secretly make sure none of the kids starve.
-After Zeo she's had a hatred of Artifical Intelligence and Tommy had to keep her from smashing up all the appliances in her house.
-She hates the moon.
-Pink isn't exactly her favorite color, in fact Kat was offered the position as zeo red in secret by Tommy but she declined it.
-After the Zordon Era pretty much everyone went their separate ways for a while and similar to Tommy she found herself becoming a mentor for a group of younger rangers. A team based on constellations who each had a secret archery motif, she later became a red ranger for the squad and needed to have a master morpher developed as things when on(Referencing Kyuranger, free real estate for them😎).
-Katherine and Tommy took a break around the time of Lost Galaxy and didn't get back together till around Operation Overdrive. During this time however she actually dated Hayley Zitkor and throughout that time span Kat didn't find out that Hayley and Tommy knew each other.
-she's been visited around five times by master pink. Reasons are unknown however it's getting creepy so Katherine managed to put a bunch of net traps around her house incase MP decides to pop in randomly.
-Katherine is one of the most skilled individuals when it comes to shooting guns. Not just that but she's been developing weapons for herself incase another Rita problem shows up, double tap that bitch in the head if you have to. She has to be strapped both for her safety and for her friends(Reference to @skyland2703 headcanon from a while back👍🏾)
-her favorite weapon is a crossbow like sniper rifle called Artemis and it has the power to penetrade 40 zords with one bullet. Due to her sneaking around during Forever Red and collecting pieces of Serpentera she was able to use the samples to make the perfect failsafe agaisnt drastic situations.
-Her house is laced in grid vortex bombs, if anything ever happens then she can wipe an enemy of the face of the map.
-Kat's the dude in her relationship with Tommy if you catch my drift😭
-It's not she's capable of getting revenge but more of the idea of her making you regret your decisions in a subtle way. A guy stood Billy up so Kat decided to scratch the guy's car paint and burst his tires.
-In her will when she dies she wants the team to spread her ashes in space or even find a way to bring her back for another 5 years.
-After hearing about the existence of other dimensions Katherine has a contingency plan. If things go to shit then there's other places to find a life in, heck she'd also consider the future or the RPM verse.
-Kat doesn't really talk about it but she has trouble having kids with Tommy. Heck JJ was came 7 amounts early and doctors weren't sure he'd make it so she stayed by his little bed in the hospital for weeks until he was healthy.
-She made sure to tell Tommy not to pass on any of their ranger abilities to JJ. Mainly as their own legacy should be there to influence him, pass on an opportunity for him to build his own choices if he does decide to pursue ranger activity.
-Kat was thrilled when JJ came back from school shouting about wanting to be the pink ranger after seeing a cool video on these heroes called the power rangers. Tommy was uh...well he's supportive but he just didn't want to see his kid being made fun off and tried to lean him to another color but Kat shut that down, both of them came to an agreement that he could be pink.
-She replaced her left arm and right leg with advanced robotic versions resembling regular limbs but this was because she wanted standby weapons to shift out incase of combat.
-People in the ranger community consider her a harbinger of sorts because of her battle prowess and wouldn't back down to beating someone bloody for threatening her family.
-Kat loves a lot of rock and roll music as well as things with a fast tempo.
-She's the one which a driver's license, Tommy's has been suspended after he accidentally backed into an old lady think she was a trash can for parallel parking.
-Zordon having the rangers choose Katherine, Aisha, Rocky and Adam as secondary choices weren't out of coincidence. Centuries ago he tried recruiting their ancestors and secretly kept an eye on them, however at the time humans weren't adept to the grids influence and they became prone to natural exposure and got pretty sick, this was around 10,000 years ago anyway and while Katherine doesn't have much of a grudge against him she isn't hesitant about wanting to shoot that tank.
-Kat is very bisexual, Tommy wasn't exactly her first choice relationship wise and even considered dating Kimberly or Tanya though she's chill with the dude.
-Tommy's dating life honestly confuses her, he dated Kimberly and had a thing with Jason(Frankly that didn't surprise her as she got a bit of fruity vibes from Tommy and thought he was full on gay before being alerted that he dated Kim). Then he dated Anton and had her suspicions on what Tommy was into when she found a picture of him tied up in....compromising positionsBottom. Safe to say for gatherings she has the best stories to tell.
-Her parents very much support the idea of her being a power rangers and her dad keeps asking if she has parties with other rangers....also to get zord figures and autographs from the Lightspeed Rescue team.
-After Adam's mishap with his power coin being damaged she decided to utilize what she learned from the Crane Ninjazord and Firebird Thunderzord to pursue learning things at the Wind Academy and Pai Zhua academy to hone elemental and animal spirit abilities. She gained light related powers along with the spirit of the phoenix, fitting for combat as she can obliterate enemies with swift speeds and vaporizing energy.
-She loves dating dudes that are a tad bit strange or shy, they're just adorable in her eyes. Prime example being Tommy, not sure if he should be offended or flattered by this.
-She watches My Hero Academia and has a great admiration for Bunny's persistence.
-Katherine despises barbie dolls but JJ enjoys getting them as figures for imaginary adventures so she allows for him to have them but the minute one begins moving on it's own she's going to shoot that bitch into oblivion.
-She's an expert with hair and easily takes care or Tommy's locks when needed. It's funny to tie it into a bun though the fact that it's almost waist length makes Katherine jealous.
-due to her powers she developed a way of being able to precisely chuck items and projectiles without even touching them, similar to Diego in Umbrella Academy. This is very useful as she won't need to morph if needed and could drawn weapon from a vault she keeps at home.
-After Trini's death Katherine had to oversee Billy in fear that he might shut down due to all the guilt. She knew well on the topic of the only person who truly understood you in the world was gone and even offered a place at her home incase Minh needed somewhere to stay.
-The reason why Master Pink visited her was because of Shattered Grid almost happening again. She explained to Katherine that no one remembers the event as it was a multiverse related conflict of the past so when things ended everything went back to normal, she tasked Kat will trying to keep things from ever ending up as such. This nearly happened in various ways from Billy trying to bring back Trini or Zordon, a huge Zord fight within Angel Grove, having a rogue being nearly disrupt time and space as we know it. Kind of a crazy burden to leave on someone, honestly she couldn't look at Tommy for 4 weeks upon learning about Drakkon.
-She's not the most religious person but she swears that during a trip to the dentist she was visited by an archer deity. Aisha calls her delusional for this but Kat knows what she saw.
-Stocks are a big thing for her and she even has built up a reputation at wall street. (Kat: I can buy and sell you. Stock broker: Excuse me?)
-Katherine has the falcon zord and uses it as spatial transportation. Mainly to take JJ on trips to see the stars etc, it's also a nice getaway from all the stresses of life.
-At one point in her life Katherine considered becoming a hit man against terrible people with her archery and gun skills...though she's never told anyone this. The idea of taking a life away has crossed her mind here and there, however she goes to Dana for therapy on these feelings.
-Tommy is the cook within the family, he learned how to make a bunch of meals well when he was with Jason. Plus after Katherine nearly burned down an acre of land from their house one night she wasn't allowed in the kitchen for months, she finds it funny coming from the guy who dedicated a semester of his career on trying to remake dinosaur meat from bones.
-Katherine has a sort of ranger secret service for herself that not even Tommy knows about. Laced around the place like regular civilians ready to come to her aid.
-She visited the Mystic Mother and human Zedd just to weigh out the situation between them incase anything happens.
-Considering the last headcanon Katherine wonders if the Z-Wave killed all the evil beings within the universe she wonders if any of those beings that were evil consisted of beings that Zordon considered bad, the thought of some innocent people being killed all those years ago or being brainwashed keeps her up at night.
-She is really wondering if all the stuff during the Zordon Era was truly good. Having to fight an eon long war for a floating head against a bunch of crazy beings doesn't sit right with her, in some ways good and bad are basically moral constructs and she doesn't like to judge people on the way they act. Evil rangers, good rangers, the fact about Drakkon who existed in a past existence also bugs her....sometimes she wonders if JJ will end up doing something crazy as a ranger.
-Death doesn't really scare her but if anything Katherine would like to keep her memory alive, something that JJ could possibly look over in timed when he's sad or down in life.
-Utilizing grid archives Katherine can watch other teams in different dimensions like shows. For instance super sentai and such, currently she's on Dairanger and the minute she saw those zords....(Kat: That bird looks famil-AYO WHAT THE FUCK?!)
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