#um

[hoegender]

in light of the kaishin cousins reveal, i have a theory you guys might not like

#um #so... #what are the odds that saguru's british mom is elena's and mary's third sister #ngl even if it were true i don't think gosho would care for it enough to reveal it #i mean...saguru's not that plot important in detco #nor shiho in magikai #but the idea of saguru being related to shuichi akai is SENDING me #dcmk #thiha thinks thoughts

[astraskylark]

Okay I think since the reaction to dark magic was contained to the usual group I really didn't put too much weight into how bad it actually would be but now seeing how normal people are reacting, what the flying fuck did marcille actually do. Love really is stored in the war crimes

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #um #ahahahah

[grinchwrapsupreme]

Saw a post about helping people that used the analogy of "if you see someone fall off a cruiseship and theres a life preserver ring on the wall next to you do you walk away or do you throw them the life preserver? Of course you throw them the life preserver." And i dont want to add to or tag the post with any sort of correction because its literally not the point at all but i am desperate to say that the first thing they teach you when you work on a cruise ship is that if someone falls overboard you Do Not Look Away

If theres a life preserver nearby but you have to turn your back to get it, tough luck. If theres someone nearby who can't hear you but you could run and get them, absolutely not. You see someone go overboard you point at them and never ever let them out of your sight because looking away even once could mean losing them forever, so you just have to trust that someone will hear you scream for help but you cant for any reason look away

And maybe that adds to the life preserver metaphor somehow but mostly i just need you to know if you spot someone in the water you point at them and you watch them close and you scream for help

#water safety tips with grinchwrapsupreme #what could the metaphor be #um #if you see someone struggling and they are seconds from 'drowning' make sure theyre not going to go under before working on a rescue plan? #idk #point and stare and scream babes thats the key

[wattse]

#old oc appearr #oc #idk if these colours are Good or not #um #robot #Just in case #eyestrain #body horror #? #if this needs any other tags lemme know !!

[flickering-nightfall]

Playing with some ideas mostly regarding gender/reproduction in RW, and slugcat colonies.

Full transcript under the cut!

Creatures in Rain World are typically simultaneous hermaphrodites but require partners to reproduce, with either individual capable of being a genetic donor or carrier. Alongside what we are familiar with, this has lead to interesting reproductive strategies such as rotating donor/carrier roles, or dual/simultaneous genetic swaps.

Rotating donor/carrier roles - A K-selection reproductive strategy. One partner carries the first child, the other partner carries the next child, and so forth. Allows each partner to recover from the demands of childbearing.

Rain Deer aren't quite monogamous, but they tend to choose the same breeding partner whenever mating season rolls around. They serve as a donor one season, then bear and raise a child the next. Calves are raised away from the rain and worm grass, in places that have less food but more safety. Calf wool is softer, not yet gunked up by the dirty rainfall. Their legs are sturdier as children, allowing them to run for cover while the parent wards off threats.

Dual/simultaneous genetic swap - An r-selection reproductive strategy. Parents fulfill the donor and carrier role for each other. The more children you make, the more likely some are to survive!

Multiple batflies lay thousands of eggs in a single "blue fruit." Several eggs congeal and become nutrient paste for the surviving eggs (and for hungry slugcats). Like some plant seeds, batfly eggs that are consumed before pupating can survive passing through the digestive system. Ew.

Ancients also fell under this umbrella. Their genders (and the genders of iterators by extension, who have no sex anyways) could have been determined by a variety of other factors, such as societal role, donor/carrier preference, or simply different categorizations of personal expression.

It's difficult to say how well their common pronouns would translate to ours, but it seems they can translate to an extent, given what Moon and Pebbles use canonically.

Slugcats, like real slugs, can have children with a partner or self-fertilize. Unlike real slugs, they are often known to adopt.

In the case of self-fertilization: children who are born from one parent may display a large amount of genetic diversity despite the circumstances. Maybe slugcats have some sort of... genetic reservoir independent of their own genetic code?

Slugcats live 20-30 years on average... if they manage to reach adulthood. Their mortality rate is sadly rather high, especially in pups. If they were to develop as a civilization, it's likely their lifespan would increase dramatically.

Slugcats in a colony are more likely to have more children, and to successfully rear those children to adulthood, than those who wander alone or in small groups. The safety and stability of a colony cannot be understated.

Colonies either have a set, cycling migration path, or wander continuously. Survivor and Monk's tree home was a nesting site that their colony frequents about once a year. So it's likely that they'll see their family again!

...also, the strength of large colonies are why scavengers are likely to become the dominant species. In the time of Saint's era, continuous migration has become more of a risk, and it has become more difficult to support large populations. Slugcat populations have shrunk back to the more forgiving equatorial zones.

Saint's tongue is pretty unusual and probably unique to them, or to a small population that they hail from. Fur (of varying thickness) is much more common.

Meanwhile, scavengers are bulkier and covered in thicker insulating fur. They:

have seemingly massive populations

have a burgeoning society (the existence of merchants, tolls, bartering, elites and leaders)

are adept at communicating (non-verbally)

manipulate their environment

can build structures (scavenger-made structures were a scrapped idea from Saint's campaign)

can create complex weapons and tools

may have agriculture behind the scenes (unsure if scout parties prioritize exploration or hunting)

I would wager on scavengers developing more quickly than slugcats, but it would be nice if there was a future where both could co-exist.

#oops! impromptu rendering practice! #rotating donor/carrier roles could also be an r-selection strat #but i feel like it'd be more common as a k-selection strat #rain world #worldbuilding #headcanons #flickerdoodles #art #um #ask to tag? #that goes for all of my posts #rw spoilers #dp spoilers #saint spoilers #long post

[crushpomegranates]

lady of sorrows guide us

#shadowheart #shadowheart bg3 #shadowheart fanart #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #baldur's gate 3 fanart #art #digital art #shart bg3 #LMAO #that's a tag #okay #anyway #uh #um #??????? #ok #couldn't think of any more tags #how iseveryone today

[catbeeper]

cool floors at a carnival i went 2

#what do i tag this with #liminal space #kidcore #i dunno maybe #um #nostalgia #carnivalcore #nostalgiacore #those r the right words right #tw trypophobia

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

#good omens #neil gaiman #um

[lyrichi]

mc, randomly at dinner: how do y'all feel about demon slayer

luci: demon what?

mc, taking a bite of rice: slayer

asmo: slay

levi: I wanna be a demon slayer :(

satan: levi, you are a demon

levi: owee :((

#I find it kinda funny #that uh #some of my fav media is centered around demons :/ #um #levi goin oweh is suppose to be like the sad but deranged noise ppl make #how the fuck do you make that into letters #UH #ok #obey me crack #obey me incorrect quotes #obey me shall we date #obey me shitpost #obey me #obey me mc #obey me lucifer #obey me asmodeus #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #yeah

[charseraph]

“Fundamental”

Components of reality living in an abstract space.

Barry Onic and his pal work at the reality assortment warehouse, dodging the physics between them.

#my art #pixar elemental #um #Barry #Constance #fundamental

[zombieboyish]

#yoshida #yoshida hirofumi #csm yoshida #csm art #digital art #artists on tumblr #chainsaw man #csm #chainsaw man fanart #csm spoilers #csm 160 #um #so many thoughts #hes so dead tho #like hes cooked

[nikoco11]

getting there

#wahhhhhhhhh #my art #wip #sketching #um #girls love #digital art #illustration #drawing #artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #lineart

[michelle-jacksons-art-blog]

So, how we feeling about that finale

#puppet history #I cried dude #I cried #about a show hosted by a fucking half-dinosaur puppet #and his friendship with a 30 yo ghost hunter #this is #wow #just #shane madej #thank you #and also #fuck you a bit #um #the professor #ryan bergara #ph s5 #ph spoilers #puppet history season 5 #puppet history spoilers #puppet history fanart #my art #fan art #watcher #watched entertainment #wow again #I'm just so grateful to live in a time where such great and creative minds can just #be free

[reigobun]

actually terrified to post this opelasehlep ive seen so many cooler fern designs 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

#art #adventure time #fanart #finn the human #fern the human #finn mertens #fern mertens #shaking in my boots #Oiterally before I posted thsi I saw a design completely different from mine and imPANICKING MINE IS SO BORING ICCANNT DO HTISIS #anyways… #um #Simon petrikov #LMFAOO #fionna and cake

[ajihaew]

SOMEONE'S CALLING

#ghost trick #ghost trick spoilers #sissel #missile #um #artists on tumblr #art

[gender0bender]

IDs: A black and white graphic of four open mouths with the words “It’s not blasphemy God wronged me first.” The second image is the same graphic inverted. ED.

#cw christianity #sort of #my art #trans artist #queer artist #autistic artist #disabled artist #um #anyway my take on blasphemy is that God is a relative concept and also #I take a gnostic standpoint that holiness is something inherent to all aspects of life #so it's actually impossible to blaspheme God. bc that's you. #but also critiquing God and the concept of God feels impt to me! woo