#wow this really blue up

[montereybayaquarium]

✨🦐Behold the brilliant blue blasts of barf that best baddies in the black of the bay!🦐✨

Okay, it’s technically not barf… This vibrantly vermillion little deep-sea shrimp, Acanthephyra sp., is a savvy spewer that spits up a sparkling secretion to outsmart sneaky shrimp snackers.

That glorious glowing goo is a special fluid it creates in its hepatopancreas (kind of like an all-in-one liver-and-pancreas combo organ), which lights up upon contact with oxygen in the surrounding seawater. By blasting a predator in the face with bioluminescence, it distracts them long enough for the shrimp to make a swift escape! 

🎥: Shoutout to our fronds @mbari-blog for the first three clips!

#monterey bay aquarium #SHROMP week 2023 #FLASHback friday #wow this really blue up #it's kind of like pepper spray for the deep sea #big bright burst of light perfect to throw them off the biolumineSCENT #they're also called fire-breathing shrimp which just makes us think of tiny shrimp dragons?!

[1-8oo-wtfbro]

ok, given that everyone who watched Avatar at 12 years old had a crush on Zuko, i’m willing to bet Aang had a bit of a crush on Zuko

#it’s not really an Zaang post but i’ll tag it anyways #i just think we need to accept that aang is just 12. and the second he wakes up (from the ICEBERG) and sees Katara he asks her out #so i don’t think it’s a stretch that in some universe after zuko cut off the ponytail Aang was pulling out the moves. #‘wow zuko ur amazing. would you be my forever boy?’ ‘i have a girlfriend.’ #aang crying to Sokka later like ‘and katara doesn’t want me and ZUKO doesn’t want me-‘ and Sokka’s sarcasticly like ‘aw that’s too bad aang. #maybe now u’ll stop light urself on fire during your jerk ending lessons’ #aang: ‘and he said he was dating someone! i feel so bad because i never would’ve said anything if i knew-‘ #Sokka: ‘HES DATING SOMEONE??????’ #Sokka later: ‘… well at least the Blue Spirit is probably single’ #Toph: ‘weren’t u the one who told us about that rumor that he’s dating some guy at a tea shop?’ #Sokka: ‘… FUCK-‘ #yes this is in the same universe as my other post #zukaang #prince zuko #zuko #atla zuko #avatar aang #aang #atla aang #zuko x aang #zukka #in the tags #alta #avatar: the last airbender #avatar the last airbender

[soosoosoup]

Haaayy can you tell us more about your au where branch finds cooper's egg?

Hiiii!! Thanks for asking! And of course :)

lol turns out I had a lot more thought out. Fair warning, none of this is concrete, this was thought up a while ago and uhhhhh… writing is not my strong suit lol

In this au I had debated whether to make copper a little bit younger, I already hc him as the youngest of the snack pack so idk if its needed lol.

While in the beginning of making his bunker, branch (who’s maybe 7??) would travel farther out into the forest and gather supplies to build when he stumbles on what looks like an egg? Just in time too, ‘cause Coops pops out like in twt, does his little groove, & then proceeds to flop over to nap (being baby is tiring work).

Branch is just ??? cause like what?? Baby? Way out here in the woods?? Why does the baby have 4 legs??? Why is said baby all alone? And that last part makes b pause for a sec bc where’s his family? Did he lose them? Or is it even worse…was he left behind? (He might be projecting a lil).

Cooper and Branch proceed to live where other kids w/o families go. Caretakers try to care for cooper & he is not having it. After all, branch is the first person he’d ever seen, was the first person who’d carried him. He’s imprinted on branch and whole heartedly believes and he is his family. So if C needs to be taken care of B has to be there. It goes on long enough that the caretaker decides it'll just easier if branch helped take care of him; and who knows maybe he'll regain his color being around such a happy little goober.

At first, branch doesn’t realize how much he means to C and assumes his attachment will fade. After all why wouldn’t it when he’s being doted on by warm and cheerful trolls. But nope! Whenever the caretakers aren't taking cooper around the village, Cooper is always following Branch. Around the pod, and through the woods. Branch looks out for him, talks to him, teaches him what he can, and even plays games! I think the fact that branch has been a part of Coopers whole life gives him a sense of obligation perhaps like a big brother?. It's easy to be open to him.

All attempts to foster Cooper are unsuccessful. It's not that Cooper doesn't match the family, it's that he just doesn't want to live with them. Imagine a foster family having the time of their lives singing & playing around & when the time comes Cooper's like 'I had a lot of fun today! Time to go! what?? Stay here? be a part of your family? ...Nope :D

When the time comes that the bunker can feasibly house him, (preteen?) Branch packs up what little he owns, and prepares to leave that night. It's not like the anyone at the orphanage would chase after him. Well, except for one trolling.

It's been years, long enough that their bond is strong, they're brothers in all but name. At least unnamed on branch's side, he kind of refuses to acknowledge it.

Anyway- Branch waits until everyone falls asleep and sneaks out. He doesn't even make it out of the room lol. One foot out the door and a sleepy voice is asking him where he's going. Branch just says he's going to the bunker, that he'll see him soon, it won't be forever you see what im trying to parallel? and it's true. It's not like he's leaving to who knows where. Cooper just nods & yawns out a "bye, see you later". Love me a parallel

Branch lasts an hour or two in the bunker. He's on edge the whole time, racked w/ guilt. Has a little mental spiral until there is just one loud thought of 'what am i doing? there's someone waiting for me' and runs back.

In the joined room, Cooper fell asleep on branch's bed waiting for him. So making sure not to wake him, Branch rests coopers head on his lap. Leaning against the headboard Branch just stares at his vest left at the end of the bed & has a moment of clarity. Like oh, that's why i felt terrible, i left my little brother behind. (Keep in mind that no, he didn’t really do that, but he’s a kid and that whole ‘see you later’ really shook him so he’s making some jumps in logic)(there some projecting happening as well)

So yeah, gained a brother!! yay!!! Cooper beat you to that revelation yeeaarrrss ago lol.

One thing I like about branch being a big bro is this idea that the more he learns about what it means to be one, the less he can understand his brothers. And are they his brothers?? Over the years it’s not looking like it.

#asks #wow didn't think i had that much to say lol #i bet this premise had been thought about before #but it’s still nice to think about :) #make no mistake branch still pretty much lives in the bunker. He only stays in the pod when it’s relatively quiet enough. #there are a lot of bunker sleepovers whenever there’s an overnight party #he officially move out when he’s considered old enough to be coopers carer. Until then he studies up & prepares the bunker #branch has a blue hue to him. it happens gradually so no one really notices #imagine when branch carried bby coops back to the villlage C reaches up and puts his face in hair cause y’know he’s baby #and this baby has a long enough neck to reach #thinking Cooper is 17/18 during first trolls events?? #branch is the tiniest bit more integrated into the village #he stays around the outskirts for cooper some days #coopers hangs out in the village if his friends are there. he also likes to join in on some singing and dancing as long it isn’t too loud #he's still part of the snack pack i think? #cooper would not like creek in this au. #lol cooper just straight up tells creek something like ‘wow you sure are full of yourself huh' #lol coopers blunt honesty would probs be more prevalent. #also important point that this all happens while B is a kid #he’s more receptive than if he was older; he hasn’t built thst high of walls around him #rn he’s more sad and scared rather than being at odds w/ the village #first time writing out a… plot summary?? au synopsis?? #Thanks for asking!!! uh hopefully you guys liked the ramble :) #any of this can change tbh :) its all been brainstorms for now #idk what i would call this au if i did make it. #i am cringe but i am free #b&c au ??

[violent138]

Some people get haircuts to deal with major life events, Bruce just goes and adopts new kids.

#Alfred tries every single time to be ready for a new kid but Bruce manages to surprise him every time #there'll be a case with a black haired blue eyed orphan and Alfred will set up a new bedroom only for nothing to happen #and then suddenly out of the blue Clark breaks up with him and Bruce has been adopted by some child #batman #dc comics #batfamily #alfred pennyworth #Wow I really put most of the post in the damn tags lol #oops #bruce wayne #forgot one lol

[pseudolivenotes]

phoebe bridgers - chinese satellite, phoebe bridgers - demi moore, phoebe bridgers - savior complex, boygenius - true blue

#i was listening to these on the car a couple days or so ago and these lines made me think to myself: wow this really fucks me up #web weaving #boygenius #boygenius true blue #phoebe bridgers #savior complex #chinese satellite #demi moore #the mortifying ordeal of being known #if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known

[satsuha]

i got so angry about the AB remaster i drew this

#maplestory #satsuhart #angelic buster #tear #sorry i have to go off about it bc i dont wnna make a separate post about it #im so angry about every single aspect of the new design and art holy shit #simplified all her patterns but added more colours to her main outfit resulting in a rly shitty colour palette #even got rid of her cute peach pink hair with yellow gradient for some bullshit pink/blue hair dye #the bows are drawn SO badly they look so cheap and the added colour looks terrible . her og outfit never even had pink #and dont even get me started on the weapon and the addition of hearts to her design HOLY SHIT im so mad #like before it very clearly had a fantasy 'idol... who Fights' vibe but now she just looks like any low budget jp idol #fkin ruined the look of her soul shooter i used to like the design so much now it looks like a knockoff kids toy that would shoot bubbles #WITH A HEART >!>?!??!?! im gonna kill something #im also so mad theyve fully rounded out her eyes and ADDED HEARTS?!?!?! like i really liked how she had sharp kinda dragony pupils #but thats all gone now SNZZ i can only hope they at least make adjustments to her outfit before release bc wow its terrible! #drawing her again after all these years made me re appreciate how nice her outfit is altho its not like i ever stopped thinking that. #it was always nice #shes cute without being overbearing about it but now its dialed up to 11 i hate it i hate it #everytime maple remasters an illust i lose a few years of my life like seriously they havent put out any nice remaster visuals since 2013 #(RED explorers and they werent even visual remasters in the general sense) #like WAH at this rate im gonna be so pissed off when they get to heroes remaster. theyre gonna butcher my boy and my girl and my #ok im stopping for now but rly. hope ppl are loud enough about their contempt for this bc it didnt work enough for explorers remaster #NOTMYANGELICBUSTER

[dragonsareawesome123]

Omg, Blue Beetle is SUCH a fun movie!

#also ​xolo is really such an incredible actor #i mean everyone whose seen cobra kai has been knew about that #but WOW #really great to be able to watch him grow up on cobra kai #to now with this movie #he’s come such a long way and i’m so proud of him! #blue beetle #xolo maridueña

[averlym]

whshdfhfjf.,,,

#close up!! because i firstly Did Not render them with such insanity in order for tumblr's lack of general resolution to make it blur #look at all the lines!!! teehee i still really really like this style of digital painting it's super super fun to do!!! and also secondly #because i went back and added a tag ramble and as i seem to often be doing??? lately?? reached the 30 tag limit and went 'hm ok how else..' #anyway the tag essay on that one is now up and talks about the artwork generally and miscellaneous thoughts!! that said. i need a space to #ramble about beatrix at Length because look you don't draw and paint etc a character for like ten hours without having a lot of thoughts #anyways ! i digress terrifically. tag rambles are more like trains of thoughts masquerading as subways and you get on and it's unfortunately #a rollercoaster track. but this is My Blog and i can do Whatever I Want as long as i don't hurt anyone <- affirmations!! also Harm Principle #lately it's been like *kicks up feet* *opens tumblr tags* *treats it as own personal journal* and tbh Good for me!! anyways back to beatrix #fun fact ! the thing that pushed me over the edge to go watch the musical after looking through the tumblr tag was a very specific poll. #and the fact that the winning option was blue hair and pronouns made me double over laughing so hard i had to go see the source material #mm i feel like lately the academic Context has been tossing me essentially into a blender HAHA ;-; so everyone in adamandi is to some extent #a Mood. but bea-specific (haha be specific)(sorry!)(wow this is the same reaction mechanism of my friend who points out innuendos)(...) #i think it's the wanting to prove herself. like from the whole abuela etc thing there's proof here she's got a Stable Support System of sort #and instead what beatrix continues to do is push themselves. 'i guess u could say i'm married to my work? god that's depressing' // no one #here to enforce that // abuela tells me to rest says i'm constantly stressed and i'll just get depressed like before but i still have to try #like. that shred of desperation that pushes you to the brink to neglect yourself (well i guess physically but also your morals..) and like!! #the whole 'lose half your soul thing' proves she's self aware!! like they know what they're doing is super dubious yknow! but they're still #they're still doing it even if it goes into conflict with their morality system in a way and then they justify it to themselves (see pt 1 #of ghostwriter) and the whole wanting to achieve at all costs Despite the self awareness. (i think? this aspect also applied to quincy. but #thoughts on him will come later). more beatrix specific also is the fact that they genuinely adore their work.. 'i just love it here where #you know they'll be printing forever and you are just part of it' because that does kind of resonate with me. also the being behind in the #competition is real!!! i'm maybe talking about Art as a subject because that same drive for it exists on my good days i think. even #even when nothing seems to be going right and you've ended up at the back the intent passion inherent in what you do is still there!!! #the genuine. care she has for reporting. is so !!!!! to me... other beatrix thoughts include 'why reveal yourself at the end' aka vincent's #'u should have stayed silent u had a smart plan' like rip to them but i would not // it feels with bea's complex character i can't imagine h #her Not doing that. like the guilt is real i guess. and i am running out of tags but! smth also about her fervent hope or smth that she'll #eventually get to where she wants. and the resilient determination.. 'i won't let their deaths be pointless there's more good i'm gonna do' #they're so so real for that. i'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing; seeing myself reflected in aspects of characters like this.. but it's #it's there regardless. smth smth just make your peace with the person you are ig!! tldr beatrix campbell my beloved. hehe #adamandi

[front-facing-pokemon]

#anorith #the eyes on this model were fucked up because it's got the same transparency thing going on as flygon #and i still don't really know how to fix that so. you're just dealing with a Very close-up shot where you can't see their eyes. i've got it #easy on this one considering how far off to the side their eyes are. don't have to deal with trying and failing to fix them cuz #i can just make you unable to see them. epic win? #anorithhhh rock/bug-type i think. evolves into armaldo everyone's belovèd. it's pretty cute aaaannnnddd #it is definitely a pokémon. wow! #i think it learns some water-type moves and since armaldo is blue i obviously thought they were water-types as a kid #cuz their dex entries say shit like. they can swim!!! wow!!!! which means. water-type moves. or maybe Only one and that's just all i rememb #ered them using. or something. probably just surf #dunno i'm too lazy to check though

[lunaremy]

they both have weird sleep patterns but they're on like. opposite ends of the sleep pattern spectrum

#bomberman #super bomberman r #white bomber #blue bomber #ill say it rn blue wakes up feeling like his spine broke in 2 so many times #just because you can sleep anywhere doesnt mean you should #meanwhile white sleeps like a vampire #(he sometimes sleeps like a regular person if he's expended enough energy during waking hours tho which is interesting) #i look at them and i go “wow what is that guys problem” in like a really endearing and giggly way

[andy-clutterbuck]

#H E #Andrew Lincoln #* #andygifs #flashing gif #EXCUSE ME BUT THE NOSE™ #WHY IS HIS NOSE SO BEAUTIFUL #profile that'd make renaissance sculptors green with envy #Michelangelo gonna just throw David in the river and give up #still remember seeing him through the door and the paley center and jumping like 6 feet because he just magically appeared #that was 8 years ago next month wow #blue really is his color #even his adams apple is nice i hate myself #YOUR BONE STRUCTURE MY GUY #rogue neck fuzzies 💙 #the most beautiful scruff i've ever seen #give him a trophy #HIS N E C K #bram stoker wants to talk #ouija board party at my house #that first gif tho #i apologize #from the floor #....no i need i fainted jeez #get out of the dumpster #*sirens wailing* *people screaming* *im in my yard apologizing to CBS news*

[monty-glasses-roxy]

I listen to a song called Grapes by I dunno who but applying it to my AU stuff is really fun. The previous Chica is having a TIME with it and recently?

Been thinking about Jurassic Bark going through some hiccups over Roxy not telling them why she's so upset (it's because of Mimic stuff btw she's struggling) and to give everyone some space she just... Swaps places with her friend that happens to be her only predecessor. Completely forgetting that they'd think she'd done something to get herself scrapped and replaced by a new Roxy. She thought they'd talk for a sec first but nah Chica and Monty just fucking crumbled the moment she introduced herself with a different name and saw the different model number on the scan. Neither of them clocked that the model number was lower than before but still

Then the other side? Roxy completely removing herself from the limelight to try and recuperate after everything... She just so happens to be with not only two of the canines from the old Raceway and Jack, but also a few Chica and Monty variants. Like at least one of each. Maybe even Tiger, who everyone else believes is the Storyteller who did some shit and a half to them. Roxy not even thinking about it, alternating between the carnival, the salon and wherever else, trying to take a god damn break...

And they don't act the way her partners would. They do sometimes but they don't support her the same way. They think she's just naturally very cuddly or clingy or something until they figure out she's unknowingly latched onto them cause of those she loves. Boy is that a fun conversation...

I can't really do anything with this, mostly because I have no idea what could possibly push Chica and Monty to want a break of some kind with Roxy. But also because I haven't really made any previous Montys yet lmao. Could do Pupcakes/Roxica with it but I love the trio a lot so...

#my brain just favours the girlies unfortunately lmao #i DO have an idea for 'monty killed bonnie' to have happened at least once #but i also just think it would be kinda funny if bonnie was just. super killable??? #like an alarming amount of bonnie predecessors were scrapped by other animatronics #i just think it'd be funny!! #all the Bonnie's in a room like 'so what happened to you?' 'monty killed me. what about you?' #'monty got you?? really?? he was always so sweet to me... unlike freddy though. he fucking got me man' #'what??? freddy???? wow i feel SO much better dying to moon now...' #'you died to WHO?!' #the like... two Bonnie's that weren't murdered watching on in Horror lmao #the most purple one and the most blue one... #the clever smartass and the bimbo bunny... the only two that died to something else lmao #i dunno i just think that'd he funny!!! #anyway i don't really do none fluffy and fun ship stuff #but I've been listening to that song a lot so... #HOWEVER THE PREVIOUS CHICA VERSION WILL ALWAYS BE FUCKED #she had a thing for Foxy 2!!! she and Foxy were so insanely close!!! #and then she winds up in a group with Mangle and both of the Roxy's like #her foxy is deactivated!! and the only one that can reactivate him is Roxy 2 #and she's struggling to do it for personal reasons!!! #old chica struggling so fucking hard with all these canines that care about her!! #the lyrics are 'i fell for someone new but she's just another girl that looks like you' #YA KNOW??? YOU SEE???? WHY IT MAKES MY BRAIN ROTATE THESE THINGS???? YEAH!!!! #i love that song it's great #anyway #fnaf security breach #jurassic bark ship

[fishtank32]

currently trying to avoid becoming obsessed w dc comics. if you see me rbing anything dc related please just send ur thoughts and prayers

#*looking at young justice* YOU. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. #fell in love with that show as a kid and then. BOOM. blue beetle movie. blue beetle? like from young justice? oh my gosh i love that guy- #*goes on to start reading all of Jaime's comics* wow these are really good yknow i should rewatch the show #*rewatches young justice* *wally dies* *immense grief* #and now i am cursed. cursed to read about wally west and his inevitable demise/getting stuck in sonic the hedgehog hell. #dont even bring up a singular robin to me okay ill lose it #i havent read. anything. about jason todd but uh yeah no he makes me cry. so does dick. and tim. and damien and the ginger one too prolly #really every time i think it cant get worse dc introduces a new level of fatherlessness ive never experienced b4 #I used to be obsessed with wonder woman as a kid (lesbian) and had. a sizable collection of her comics but they're all gone now #and the nearest comic store is literally and hr + 30 min drive out. yarrrrghhhh matey

[shekeepsmeworms]

Had some wine feeling good made a really shitty bowl in ceramics class this morning that I’m really worried has a bunch of air holes in it and had a really crappy therapy session where I didn’t talk too much but was honest about some other stuff which is good overall I guess but now I’m doing drunk crochet and watching the Duggar family documentary and probably going to stop watching soon once they start talking about the awful stuff but yeah day in the life of a woman doing her best I guess

#like both sides of my family are either Irish catholic. converted assimilation catholic. or part Jewish but raised catholic. #but my mom read the Boston glob report so I wasn’t baptized or anything and despite her born again phase I’ve never really been religious #so the thought of growing up in that environment is like I can’t imagine the pressure oh my god #like I’ve had Mormon friends and have some friends who were raised homeschool Christian married young and all and like #i don’t know it’s just wild how different our lives are like I’ve got a problems and def inherited the guilt complex thing for sure but like #I also never got told to submit to anyone or that god was watching #or to be modest or any of the purity stuff beyond normal patriarchy stuff #like I’m not saying my life is better but I didn’t do church after age 5 and only go to funeral masses so I like the comfort of like #doing sign of cross and saying Hail Mary and all bc it provides structure for grief but beyond that I can’t imagine living with all of that #these are very long tags with no real point beyond wow. that’s literally bananas to me. but did I mention I’m a little drunk #and even then my family isn’t like hardcore catholic. my grandma and her siblings skipped church to get donuts bc no farm work on Sunday #and my dad grew up like doing fasted mass and everything but heard the 2000s Harvey milk speech and realized gay ppl are okay #and then rest of extended dads side is like catholic but vote blue and think human rights are good and all #my mom has a student who’s like very traditional catholic like she was trying to teach him math and whatever #and the live coverage of waiting for pope confirmation was on tv the whole time #and he fights with her about evolution and learning about the existence of other religions and everything #so I guess even in my own family like. everyone’s down with basic science and civil liberties which is even weirder for me I guess #like not even among fundamentalists like just regular Catholics I’ve had a pretty liberal upbringing re faith. it’s just wild to me #to see the differences of worldview #and even non religion stuff was pretty liberal overall despite living in pretty red area. idk it’s just wild how different life can be

[raveartts]

it's sooo upsetting that they got rid of the gerudo vai armor, but the frostbite armor isn't a bad replacement 😍

#raveartts #tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers #the sleeves give him those miku vibes #you can't crossdress him as much anymore #but oh boy his luscious hair and backless dress works wonders #apparently he also has blue painted nails for this dress which i did not notice before #like wow going ALL out there #also i think it's REALLY FUNNY when i have to look up a totk guide #and google forcibly tries to make me write 'york' #i guess that means everyone else looking up this game's autocorrect was so prevalent that even google suggests it

[ravenwolfie97]

sometimes I'll think about how pokemon gens 1 and 2 were such revolutionary games but they're not really thought about except for how broken they are

the main reason they are as glitchy as they are is because they barely had the technology to hold those games together. but they did it. and honestly, thinking about how all those ideas are still trickled down into the more recent games, they're still incredibly brilliant and worthy of praise

#i didn't grow up with red/blue or g/s/c #and in fact i had largely never interacted with them #but i have such a massive appreciation for them #especially when comparing them to modern day pkmn games #i was just like. wow no one really does it like team rocket huh. they were literally just criminals #they stole pokemon and ransacked houses and took over corporate buildings and tried to coerce kids to join their group #and then the actual twist of the mafia boss being the secret final gym leader in the first city you had gone to? #like i legitimately can't think of another pokemon game that has done something similar to that other than maybe BW or even PLA #not to mention your rivalry actually being. a rivalry. i feel like that had diminished for a while and recently got picked back up in swsh #idk i just love pokemon and the old games are still really cool and i like them #pokemon