#Blog Of Knowledge

[a-seeker-of-knowledge]

“…Uh.. Hello there. Nice to make your acquaintance.”

Hello hello hello!!! Welcome to my (now second) Shadow milk Cookie RP Blog!!! (Main one is @the-light-of-deceit)

You may be asking, “what’s this? This doesn’t look much like shadow milk cookie.” To which I SAY— yeah no it doesn’t. But there’s a reason for that!!!

You see, I have a passion for making AU’S of my current hyperfixations!!! And, well, shadow milk cookie is one of them!!! I was listening to a song and thought.. Hey! What if I make another au of shadow milk cookie and turn it into a blog to help flesh out the story and personality?

The basic plot of this au is it’s inspired off spinel from Steven universe! Shadow Milk Cookie is blasted with a spell in the final fight with Pure Vanilla Cookie, and in doing so is reset back to his past self, The Fount Of Knowledge, with no recollection of anything that happened, no clue who these random cookies are, and confused on what happened to his colleagues, aka the rest of the beast cookies! Now it’s basically everyone trying to help him with his memories while also.. not.. letting him relapse into Shadow Milk lmfao

A few kinda important facts about the au!!!

-Shadow Milk does have a canonical past name here, however Seeker can’t remember it, so until it’s revealed you can call him Seeker, Fount, or any other possible name for past shadow milk in hopes you’ll help him remember!!!

-Seeker is currently traveling with the main group in hopes of reforming him entirely, which his minions are not taking very kindly to. They are apart of this story.

-Wizard cookie believes it’s an act because of how deceitful Shadow Milk is, however Pure Vanilla KNOWS it’s true…mainly because since they share the same souljam he’s forgotten a few things too. Just not as much as Seeker, considering he wasn’t the one blasted with that spell.

Now, onto the rules and characters you can ask!!! (…the rules are mainly just copy and pasted from my other blog BUT THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT ONES!!!) (rules under the cut!!!)

-While I do ship things I won't be using many, if any ships for this blog. (One of the few I will use though is Blackbell/Silversapphire! However it might not be brought up much.) As much as I love ships I don't want there to be a whole bunch of ship wars going on. I will think on it though! Who knows, maybe I’ll add ships eventually!

-While this goober is an adult I am not, so please no suggestive stuff! Suggestive jokes are fine (refer to the light of deceit for an example of some, might be able to find it) but nothing too over the top.

-PLEASE interact if you have a cookie run blog of your own!! Not really a rule, but I LOVE interacting with fellow accounts!!! No matter if it's other versions of shadow milk (AU'S are allowed too!!! In fact PLEASE mention your AU'S if you want I love making and reading AU's so much), an OC, or just any other cookie from the game, l'd love to interact with ya!!!

-Don't be afraid to message me!!! I'll respond normally, and while I may be socially awkward at times I don't bite!!! In fact, sometimes I’ll message you first!!! I love meeting y’all :3

-Please don't spam links or videos. If you're showing SMC something that's fine, but it's seriously annoying (speaking from other roleplay accounts) being spammed with brainrot songs and all sorts of other things. I will not answer if you do.

-Like the one above, please don't spam small asks or words. Example: "egg" over and over again. It may seem funny, but it's really not. I might answer one or two, or I may not. Please just don't.

-If you want my main blog please ask privately!! I don't want to share my main blog at the moment, though this may change in the future. However, considering I’m thinking of doing little doodles here once in a blue moon… if you know my main blog (which you prolly don’t it’s pretty small 😭) then you might know who I am, my artstyle will not change no matter how much I want it to T-T

-Please don't bother me or get upset if I don't post much. This is a side thing that's supposed to be fun for me, so I'll be coming back to it at random.

-Keep in mind this is an AU, so some things will change. Will try to be close to canon though!

Aaaand that's really it for rules!!! Now onto characters you can ask and their indicators!!!

Seeker Of Knowledge/Fount Of Knowledge/Shadow Milk : “Example Text” -♧

Pure Vanilla : “Example Text” -♧ (he does have the same sign off as Seeker but that’s just because they share a souljam. His is orange, Seeker’s is blue.)

Black Sapphire : “Example Text” -♢

Candy Apple : “Example Text” -♡

You can also ask the main trio things!!! (They don’t have sign offs)

Gingerbrave : “Example Text”

Strawberry Cookie : “Example Text”

Wizard Cookie : “Example Text”

That should be it! Hope you enjoy the blog!!!

[aroaceleovaldez]

i had a thought of "do people not know what AUs are anymore?" and then i remembered nobody explains fandom stuff to new people anymore so it is entirely plausible people genuinely don't know what AUs are and nobody has explained it to them, so for today's lucky 10,000:

"AU" stands for "Alternate Universe" or "Alternative Universe" (same difference) and is basically any thought scenario for a fandom that isn't canon and can't fit within the canon universe. If it takes place in the canon universe but something is notably different, that is typically what's known as a "Canon divergent AU," because it diverges from canon.

an AU can be absolutely anything. There's a couple of widespread pan-fandom au scenarios that often get thrown around, like coffee shop aus, genderbend aus, hanahaki aus (hanahaki is a whole thing in itself i'd recommend researching on your own), etc. One you might hear sometimes is "crossover AU" which is when you have characters from one fandom interacting with characters from another.

You can have as many aus as you want. They can be whatever you want and you can do whatever you want in them. It's a sandbox for you to play around in and explore how things would be different or how the characters would act in those circumstances or environments. Maybe they have different relationships with each other. Maybe they behave slightly differently. Or you can just say "Okay, [x] is true. How did they get here? How would things have to be different for this to occur?" which can also be fun.

If you are ever confused about why people ship something that seems completely out of the blue or doesn't make sense to you in the canon setting, there's a good chance they like it in an AU setting! Not everything everybody is interacting with is necessarily the canon! Not everybody wants things to exist in canon and just want to explore playing dolls in a different sandbox and that's okay. And their sandbox might look a lot different than yours, and that's also okay. You have the freedom to make your sandbox whatever you please. Do whatever you want forever. Get funky with it. AUs are fun.

Okay that's my schpeal. everybody go have fun and play nice now.

[arabdoll]

It’s a privilege to study, many women around the world are barred from this human right: to read, write and learn. Be grateful anytime your pen touches paper, or you are learning theorems developed by intelligent, hardworking men and women from ages ago.

It’s a pleasure and a privilege to learn. Not only is it a privilege to study, but you should be aiming and striving to take science, medicine, law, philosophy, art further than the marker we have reached. It’s a comforting thought to think, from your work generations of humanity down the line will benefit.

How many brilliant women were in the shadows of amazing feats of science and technology and life changing patents? Contribute while you can. If you pour into knowledge - it will pour back into you.

[doesthebatfamknowpopculture]

Sebastian Ives has seen Blade Runner

Tim Drake has seen Blade Runner

[zefferooni]

Bored af so Bloom redesign let's go!!

[psalmlover]

and yet we dance!

[meloartist]

"i simply do not see it. i am looking away"

[bimmyjimmy]

Sorry if this has already been asked before but why do Bimmy's ears look the way they do? Is it a trait with his breed?

It’s part of the breed! We think he is a mohave bob/highlander lynx, and the weird ears are a trait of that breed!

Apparently it comes from desert lynx genes that was used for these types of cats

[littlecubreg]

hii hiii!! sort of a psa(??) for the agere community on here because its a "problem" ive seen a lot on here! not targeted at anyone eitherrr just wanted to share!!

plleeease reblog creators posts! unlike instagram, tiktok, and most other social media apps, tumblr works off of the reblog system! - if you only like a post, the post in question gets nooo push and does not circulate. if you like a post, reblog it! if something is relatable, reblog (and comment)! if its agere content for some niche interest that you want to see more content from, reblog it so it circulates!!

[fungi-maestro]

Happy tdov to fat trans people. 🏳️‍⚧️ Biggest thing that helped me as a trans kid was seeing older fat trans people. There were a lot of really irritating "advice" posts going around early in my time on the internet with a lot of misinformation in them, but one that I constantly saw (in addition to people claiming you should wear your pants rediculously low or only wear button ups) were posts saying you had to lose weight to transition. Can confidently confirm that is completely untrue. 👍

[bikinibottomdayz]

JORDAN FISHER as ORPHEUS | Hadestown on Broadway

[honeytonedhottie]

resources⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🗒️💕

to save for later and come back to, just sharing some resources that i use a lot and hopefully it could be helpful to u as well…💬🎀

FROM YOUTUBE ;

victoria's secret angel makeup routine (for black girls)

six easy hairstyles for school

inner work essentials

this resource has been rly rly helpful for me on my healing journey and its rly rich and in depth about how to go about ur inner work so i highly highly recommend it to anyone (QUICK PSA : a lot of these videos are about masculinity so if ur a girl like me its still a rly helpful resource and u could still use it, but if ur a boy it could help u too)…💬🎀

victoria's secret model workouts

FROM TUMBLR ;

you need to fix ur attention span

how to embrace being alone

how to be a whole new student this year

PDF beauty books

PDF BOOKS ;

How to Own Your Own Mind

Body Language Handbook: How to Read Everyone’s Hidden Thoughts and Intentions

How to Analyze People - Dark Secrets to Analyze and Influence Anyone Using Body Language

The Laws of Human Nature

Emily Post’s Etiquette, 18th Edition

The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: 50th Anniversary Edition

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

The Million Dollar Mind

Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Golden Rules

Ikigai: the Japanese secret to a long and happy life

Persuasion Tactics: Covert Psychology Strategies to Influence, Persuade, & Get Your Way (Without Manipulation)

Declutter Your Mind: How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

Love Me, Don’t Leave Me: Overcoming Fear of Abandonment and Building Lasting, Loving Relationships

Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No

Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success

Do the Work!

[deceit-and-knowledge]

ooc: some sillies about recent events

[cazshmere]

Astrology Observations Pt. 1

materialist🔖

🌷 aries/scorpio in the 2nd house could be prone to acne at least once in their life or their faces get red very easily ��️

🌷 whenever I hear someone talking about how integral having passion is, I know for sure they have at least one scorpio placement😭❤️‍🔥

🌷 leo venus peeps 🤝🏻 giving the most personalised, thoughtful, tailor made gifts 🎁

🌷 men with taurus/pisces moon/venus placements (with positive aspects) will treat you like a goddess no matter what, queen treatment right here 👑🫶🏻

🌷 12th house synastry is NO JOKE ong. You could have entirely moved on with your life but then suddenly you’d have a dream with them in it and then BOOM you can’t get them out of your mind after that 💤

🌷 starting a new relationship during venus retrograde is a 100000% karmic relationship. The relationship will surely be triggering and might fizzle out really quickly 💔

🌷 your 11th house could show your fs love language because in derivative astrology the 11th house is the 5th house (casual dating) from the 7th house (spouse). For instance, capricorn in the 11th house could mean your spouse’s love language is probably quality time and acts of service, 11th house in scorpio could mean your spouse’s love languages is physical touch, gemini in the 11th house could mean your spouse’s love language is words of affirmation, leo in the 11th house could indicate your spouse’s love language is gift giving/physical touch or quality time 🩵🤍

🌷 cancer in the 5th/7th house 🤝🏻 your momma being heavily involved in the choices you make around your love life 🤱🏻👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏽

🌷I have a feeling venus/mercury or even saturn in the 3rd house (positive aspects mainly) can make someone very skilled at palmistry if they’re planning on doing it 🤲🏼🪬

🌷 something I’ve noticed is that martian placements (aries and scorpio) LOVE hot showers or just enjoy taking a bath in hot water rather than cold water. So I had a question for the venusian placements(taurus and libra), do y’all prefer taking cold showers rather than hot? 🫧🛁

Please do not copy or steal any of my work <3. These are just personal observations so don’t take any of them too seriously 🧿😙♥️.

© cazshmere 2024 [All Rights Reserved]

[sierrabravoecho]

Why does Ilyn clack when he laughs?

Caveat: I'm a Speech and Language Therapist who doesn't specialise in glossectomy with too much time on my hands

One of Ilyn's defining characteristics is the fact that 14 years before we're introduced to him in AGOT, he was mutilated by Aerys Targaryen:

While the removal of a person's tongue using hot pincers is barbaric, we do have a modern analogue: glossectomy.

A glossectomy is a surgical procedure involving the partial or complete removal of the tongue. It is typically performed to treat tongue cancer, but it may also be necessary in cases of other medical conditions affecting the tongue. Here's an example of a person's speech at different time points post total glossectomy.

As a result of his glossectomy, GRRM doesn't include any verbal output from Ilyn in the text (i.e spoken words).

However, there is one distinct vocal (i.e using voice but not necessarily words, such as humming, singing, or individual sounds) characteristic that we see repeatedly from Ilyn: the clacking sound that tells us that he's amused.

Here's the thing about laughter: unlike speech, where precise tongue movements are needed to form sounds, laughter doesn't require the same level of articulation.

This MRI of spontaneous laughter shows us that the main processes in producing laughter are movement of the velum (soft palate), movement of the pharyngeal walls, and retraction and lowering of the tongue. Given what we know about Ilyn, we can assume the only process that's interrupted here is the retraction and lowering of the tongue.

So why exactly does he clack when he laughs?

First of all, we need to define what is meant by clacking.

The broad dictionary definition is a sharp, repetitive sound made when two hard surfaces quickly strike each other. In the context of vocal sounds, we need to consider a few possibilities:

Speech sounds

Clicks

I'm going to be giving a lot of examples using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) here so if you want some quick resources here's the Wikipedia page, and here's an interactive version of the IPA chart where you can click and hear each sound.

Speech sounds

We're assuming, as Aerys had his "tongue ripped out", there is a significant portion of Ilyn's tongue missing. Because of this, for place of articulation I'm going to be focusing on the portion of the IPA chart from palatal sounds to glottal sounds. Because clacking requires two surfaces striking each other, there are three different manners of articulation which we could consider: plosives, taps/ flaps, and trills. However, when we consider both place and manner of articulation together, there are only a few sounds which Ilyn could produce, all plosive sounds (where articulators fully close, stopping airflow, and then release it with a burst).

Given that the sounds are described as "clacking" rather than "gulping", I'm going to assume that the sounds are voiceless plosives (typically align more with /k/ sounds) rather than voiced plosives (typically align more with /g/ sounds). This gives us three different ideas of what the clacking might sound like (I'm eliminating the glottal stop as this is a complete closure of the vocal cords, e.g the space between the first and second words in uh-oh):

voiceless palatal plosive

voiceless velar plosive

voiceless uvular plosive

2. Clicks

We can also use the IPA to transcribe clicks, which are used in some African languages.

Again, given that we can assume a significant portion of Ilyn's tongue is missing, we can narrow this down to one type of click, as it's the only type of click which does not require the tip of the tongue: an alveolar lateral click.

Yes, but you still haven't explained why he clacks rather than laughs.

There's a reason I still haven't given a clear explanation: it doesn't make much sense.

We've seen in the MRI above that laughter requires lowering and retraction of the tongue, but all the examples of clacking sounds require the raising of the tongue in order for it to strike another articulator to produce the required sound.

There's one exception to producing laughter where the tongue is raised rather than lowered or neutral: giggling.

With giggling, the vowels produced are closer to front closed vowels rather than the neutral schwa or lower, open vowels.

TL;DR: Ilyn clacks when he laughs because he's a giggler.

[flowersforthemachines]

Lucanis's gifts for Davrin, Taash, and Emmrich

"Coffee with the Crows" is available until Weisshaupt, so the game has lines to account for all recruitable companions.

Rook: Ground peppers? Lucanis: Taash said something about wanting more exciting meals. I thought I'd oblige. Rook: Monster bones. Really? Lucanis: For Assan. Think of it as a bribe to stop him from chewing on the eluvian. Rook: Antivan wineglasses. Very fancy. Lucanis: For Emmrich. He keeps side-eyeing the drinkware and shaking his head when he thinks no one is looking.

My DAVG Extracted Audio Masterlist