#I need to pick a species...
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How could I forget my passion? Drawing fish fucks majorly! It's so fun to doodle them. They're full of smooth curves and long lines and teardrop shapes and spiky fins and all other things that are beautiful and fun to draw in the world :D Draw a fish, guys, it's awesome
#im thinking next ill draw a zebra shark a flounder a stargazer and a rainbow trout at least#rainbow trouts have majorly grown on me ever since the experiment#all the other guys are generally very interesting intriguing and pretty fishes meanwhile#hmmm.... parrotfish too maybe? ill have to look through the species and pick a fave. maybe queen parrotfish#WAIT cleaner wrasse....... cleaner wrasse too#hmm first i need to get some studying done but stress relief is always good *thumbs up emoji*
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#snake#snakes#pets#hognoses#hognose#sakura#sakura kurīmu#this was shortly after she joined our family and was still in her baby bin#she wanted a friend so bad she befriended the camera#this poor poor lonely noodle#it was not long after she and scoria were allowed to meet and then refused to be separated#they go in their own little sleeping hides at night#but they both get very upset if the other is away for long#they'll watch me holding the other#and sakura has a conniption if I take her sister out of the room to play in another area#they absolutely need each other#The way she initially attempted to bond with the camera reminded me of Harry Harlow's monkey experiment with surrogate monkeys#it is INCREDIBLY sad that these animals desperately wanted love and affection SO BADLY they turned to the closest they could find#which were inanimate objects that couldn't really love them back but it was better than nothing#that can't have been good for their psychological development for so so many reasons#but now that Sakura has the love and support of her sibling Scoria I don't ever intend to separate them so long as adult hormonal changes#don't suddenly make them go to sweet with each other to aggressive#again I think the agression or at least eating of smaller males comes from psychological issues not the species seeking out and eating them#like king snakes intentionally do#at least with girls I do not have experience with boys#but maybe someone with a strong understanding of snakes and their psychology and body language might pick up where I cannot examine such#once again my tags are longer than the post itself lol
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ohhhhh man like for a while ive been on board w the idea that kinger if he was a bug that hed be a moth and i mostly like it bc it creates a good contrast between him and queenie, plus moths being associated w phototaxis, and how often kinger gets shown w butterflies being kinda evocative of him n queenie. but i was watching a panel and sean mentions the idea of kinger being a rhinoceros beetle. which is ALSO cute. but the idea of the horn being the cross made me have the epiphany that kinger should be!!! a treehopper!!!!!!
i mean for one they have a similar funny horn situation that can easily be designed to look like the cross. but more IMPORTANTLY!!! is that some treehoppers exhibit mutualism with ants (!!!) BUT!!! also some treehoppers are presocial, aka they will live communally and take care of young and its SO SO fitting w his outlook that a bug that hed be a bug that takes care of each other....
(also theyre SUPER jumpy which is FITTING TOO. and they have HUGE EYES)discussion
#tadc#i think itss tempting to also pick a eusocial species for kinger bc of the royalty thing but iirc mainly termites that have kings#and that doesnt feel fitting enough in other ways. the king aspect just doesnt feel worth it#that SAID theres smth there with caine im sure#ohhhh i need to figure out bugs for ALL of them#ive thought abt like. some sort of bee for zooble but thats as far as ive gotten for them#ive also thought abt some type of ant for pomni#WHICH!!! would add even MORE to kinger being a treehopper. theyre FRIENDS!!!#i have actually done bug designs for some of them before ...#ant for pomni just feels mundane enough to work#but also ants are CRAFTY and smarter than theyre given credit#soooo many ideas#idk abt jax ... bc i feel llike any bug i pick will look like im saying that bug is mean...#but i am an ADAMANT defender of 'mean' bugs#<- guy obsessed w parasitoid wasps voice HAHA#maybe i can make ragatha a webspinner i need to think about this i need someone to be a webspinnerrrr#sorry. wait why am i sorry im excited as hell about this YAYYYY#ask to tag#insects#BTW if ur curious you SHOULD look up picks of treehoppers their pronotums get SUPER COOL#circus discussion
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I think that the 2010's media landscape of Buzzfeed articles about plotholes in disney movies, Cinemasins critiques, and Watchmojo Top Ten scenes in movies that make no sense has truely ruined a lot of media. People are afraid that their work will be torn down if they dare leave a single thing up in the air, if they dare ask their audience to suspend their disbelief.
All too often nowadays I see stories (especially fantasy), take the time to explain how every small aspect of the world works and how it all logically makes sense. The constant time stopped to explain why an event happened, how this object works, or why this is important to the characters. It's just really not needed and it honestly makes a lot of stories worse.
I am of the opinion that the best stories truly just drop you into their world and explain nothing. They just take you through the story of this world and you just have to accept it and continue on. "When he became king, the land became barren." I don't want the story to stop and explain why this is, or how it happened, I want us to move on so we can just assume that the king has such rancid vibes that everything died.
#simon says#i watched the Last Unicorn again recently and it fucking slaps#and I noticed a huge part of why it slapped is because it doesn't explain shit#same with a lot of other fantasy things from the 70's and 80's I've noticed#and even older stories all the way back to fairy tales and fables#they just tell you something and move on#and it works!#a lot of the time it feels far too hand-holdy or immersion breaking for the characters to stop and explain something for the audience#like these characters would not take the time to explain the aspects of their world in detail to other people who live in this world#this is clearly for the audience only and so that they can feel more satisfied with an answer#but it fucking sucks!!#it is bad writing!!#to presume your audience has no suspension of disbelief so you stop everything to explain how the world works for them alone is bad!#it makes the story feel awkward because it feels out of character for the people of the world to talk like that and it feels insulting tbh#like you really think the audience's ability to pick up details of the world from dialog and onscreen (or page) information is that poor??#and to some extent it is#lord knows we are having a serious media literacy and general literacy issue in the United States#but it's honestly just bad writing and it bugs me so much. my number 1 pet peeve in fantasy is overexplaining especially when it doesn't fit#like just fucking tell me that there's a magical world on the other side of this wall in a village and move on#i can just accept this fact#imagine if the Dark Crystal took the time to explain every aspect of the world#that movie is already jam packed with random story and world bits that you just have to accept and move on from#now imagine if they took a solid 2 minutes to explain what the fuck Fizzgig is.#i think leaving it at 'he's a friendly monster and Kira's friend!' is the perfect place to leave it at#we do not need a full explanation on Fizzgig's species and behavior and why he's friendly unlike other monsters#he's a friendly monster and he's Kira's friend! that's all we need to know! we got a dark crystal to put back together!!!
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Wait do you have written out roles/ meanings on the Destiny Writer halos? :o I’m esp curious what a shepherd does!! (This may or may not be for my planning to make an oc…)



I did in fact write them down
N a shepherd is basically a farmer lol i just wanted to give them a cool sounding name


I have yet to decide on what crops they'd grow there but so far i decide on 2 animals living there who shepherds will probably be handling
Feel free to make up a meaning for the other halos or maybe even a whole new design
In fact make whatever lore u want about the cloud kingdom i welcome it
#sorry if u were expecting shepherds to be cooler but someone has to feed all those writers#i was considering the hornhalo to be for like protectors but i remembered the writers r passive euphie is the only one who chooses violence#maybe it's a new job title they created for her n whoever writer wanted to pick that job after her#i really need to find a new name for their species it doesn't feel right to call them writers when not all of them r writers#blue's mailbox#cloud kingdom#I've ranted about this place long enough might as well have a tag for ig#i will go add the tag to all other cloud kingdom posts later
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It wouldn’t be canon compliant but I think even if it’s just once I should draw D with top surgery scars.
#i mean TECHNICALLY he could qualify as a trans guy because his species is all born sexless and genderless and they pick it later on#so i guess it’s sort of canon but he’s a shapeshifter so he wouldnt really need surgery for that#idk man but i think i should do it anyway it might make me happy#my oc#D
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*looking for something to watch while working* My YT: (translation: "continue watching")
Huh. Might aswell. ...... might aswell watch from the beginning while I'm at it aheheheaaammmm
#been doing some Ryecat (closed species) adopts throughout this week (they're on my toyhouse and affordable *shameless ad*)#will be picking up my paid comms on monday again#I did need some things to sell on the side as I tinker away on my clients projects#I have so much work drive. them anti-depressants hitting AJDKFAF#good thing tho#blondieblabla
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btw similar to the whole "if you try adderall at a party and it calms you down, get an adhd test" thing, if at some point in your life you try microdosing shrooms with a friend and end up feeling like a functional person for the first time in your life, get tested for depression. like yeah hallucinogens come with elation so youre probably gonna have some "this is the best ive ever felt in my life" vibes regardless, but like. if that in and of itself feels like finally breathing in for the first time in years, thats for sure a sign that something is up with your ability to process serotonin most of the time. feeling better than ever before should be a nice bonus, not a crushing weight off your chest
#fun fact there are currently multiple ongoing studies vis a vis the effectiveness of psilocybin on depression#both on its own and as a companion to ssris#psylocybin targets the 5ht2a serotonin receptors which wikipedia tells me are more numerous in the brains of those with depression#so like. if you spend most of your life feeling like your brain is an aquarium with a leak in it and serotonin is the water and your default#state is 'slightly damp gravel grinding painfully against itself' thats ummm not normal 👍#and on the flipside of that if you have depression that no other med has worked for and know a guy. its 1000% worth it#origibberish#also i say 'wikipedia tells me' as if i just looked it up but that all comes from a long night of spite filled research after i asked my#psychiatrist if we could use the fact that psylocybin worked for me as a basis to like. narrow down which legal antidepressant#might work instead of basically just throwing darts at a board every time#and after several minutes explaining to her that i was not just asking her to prescribe me shrooms but in a legal way she went#'ohhhh yeah no unfortunately theres been no research into that‚ yeah.... sorry......:)'#which. as far as 'lies you come up with on the spot to avoid having to say i dont know' go‚ that is. maybe the worst one to pick#like. 'no‚ thats not an option'? alright fine maybe theres some internal rules or something who knows#'theres no research' though just. immediately tanks any and all credibility 100% even on its own but considering the subject matter?#youre telling me. that humans. the famously curious species that researches fucking Everything. and also Loves playing with drugs. when#trying to figure out how to make drugs that make brains feel good. would not start with the drugs they already knew made brains feel good.#youre telling me that not one (1) singular scientist tried shrooms and went 'oh my god wait. i dont feel like im dying for the first time#ever. holy fuck i need to study this'#complete misplay. absolutely legendary fumble. there were so many ways to fuck it up and somehow you found the worst. congratulations#om the other hand though. really was an excellent setup for the punchline that is the voicemail i have from them saying she'd been fired LOL#they didnt say what for specifically but yknow. based on my own experiences i certainly have theories jebfksbfk#it was annoying in the moment but at the end of the day i have shrooms and she doesnt have the job so. whos laughing now emily KSBFKSBFKDN#this is what i mean though like. rn i feel fine. not on top of the world‚ not like a god#just. fine. i just dont feel like shit. i feel like i can do stuff if i want to‚ or chill peacefully and have it actually be. relaxing.#i dont feel like gravel right now‚ i feel like a person.#and god what a fucking relief it is#really i guess the moral overall is that if at any point you react to trying a new drug the same way an addict craving a hit for days would#then there maybe is something up with your brain chemistry because that means your default state of existence is comparable to that#of withdrawal. a famously shit experience
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I want to design fursonas for more of my alters. I can literally visualize many of these I just need to put my ideas on paper.
#currently lucia has 2 sonas (lucia fur and delta). james has his unnamed cat. and you know who has mousekat.#but like at least 4 more of these guys already have species picked out. I need to animal-ify them so bad
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i love your pony designs for the wild kratts! they're so cool <3 i love when ppl make random characters ponies it makes me so happy genuinely its one of my fav things to do. and i love how u draw wings too they're so pretty :)
JWKFKSKFKWKC TYSM?????? 😭😭😭 designing pony aus is my favorite pass time so hearing/seeing that other people enjoy my niche hobby has been so much fun 😖
and omg I love drawing pegasi especially. I have an entire Pinterest board just dedicated to wing & bird references. And trying to combine bird patterns onto each pegasi while also trying to keep the color true to the character AND irl horse genetics is so <33333 I could rant on & on about some of my pegasus designs and the hcs I have for the bird horses
But frfr, tysm for the nice comment ♥️ youve made my night
#anon#ask#but its not really an ask its just a really pog person#picking out the bird to base a pegasus on is half the fun and why I love them so much#and assigning a pony specie to assign a character is also fun but I usually toss that job to a friend#bc I love roping others into my shinanigens#OH OH OH#and the design challanges that come with them being ponies and having hooves#like how does this character still do their job without hands??? how will I solve this problem hmmhmmm#I like pony aus too much. more then mlp itself#I need more pony aus in my life tbh. make pony xovers cool again
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this is smth thats not gonna make sense to most ppl who follow me but 'm Thinking again so tag rambly
#i really miss lightdogs! they were so fun and Yes okay the community. in hindsight. kind of sucked butt#but i had a lotta fun there and even though i DID need the money from selling my dogs i miss them#like i know the sad fam is SAFE and fine and i wouldn't wanna get them back from the person who has them bc i trust that person#and i dont .. know where the silly babies are but im sure theyre fine too#and the few others i had like redwood and whatnot i've made ocs to fit the story roles they had so i don't NEED them back#but idk there was smth about the simplicity of them that i really liked#and i haven't been able to confidently make a new oc who captures that level of simplicity without feeling Bad or making them complex#and idk. friend i like got me into them so theyre nostalgic n happy#its been like .#fiveee years... but i think about them a lot#i don't know if i'd want a Lightdog™ again or if id be happier to just find some sorta medium where i can make a character that gives me#the same emotions that the dogs did#but man if it was still a species you KNOW i'd be busting my ass right now to get sp-inspired customs from the mods LMAO#though by now i'm sure there'd be so many it'd be REALLY hard to pick a theme lolol#idk! rolls around. i'm not big on species anymore and find myself only creating one or two lately and then sorta drifting off bc i do#personal development outside of the species world#but i like the Feeling of being in a community- and when i didnt have Fandom™ to give me community i was like. unhealthy about species tbh#overworking myself and sometimes spending money i didnt really have; i like that now i'm Better about it#but man.......................... critters................................ sigh......#pine prattles#this one really is a fuckin prattle
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finally got some gardening done after being away for basically like 4 weeks of combined fieldwork + staying with family while recovering from mono. I was sooo scared i had lost all of this years raspberry crop because it looked super bad initially but now that it's had a few good waterings and i cleaned up the dead foliage + snipped off two of the new canes where the meristems had died. it looks like damage was actually not too bad overall, and i may yet get some berries off it it this year yayyyy yippee
#thank god for rubus species being so robust 🙏🙏🙏🙏#poor thing looks so raggedy but those canes only need to survive to fruit 🙏#and even tho i lost two new canes there's still 4-5 so that'll work#just a shame it was the two biggest/nicest ones#overall damage to my garden was not too bad!#lots of weeding to be done. lost a couple seedlings but oh well#have some pretty heaving aphid infestations on my nasturtiums which. probably due to stress#i picked off the worst of it by hand. there were a lot of ladybug larvae#so i left a few small colonies for them#plus i dont really care if the nasturtiums have aphids theyre just for decoration#but i want to keep their population low atm because the nasturtiums are young and already stressed#also thank fuck for my neighbours and landlord occasionally watering#and my cousin who came over once last week to do it#i think they saved most of the garden from the worst of it
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Oh so much love for this timeless movie 🎬

#p.s. i love you#movies#gerard butler#hillary swank#hollie Kennedy#i need to pick up my shoes#you're in the wronf species...become a duck
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juice beloved ❤️
(more magma doodles)
and some doodles people did of her ⬇️
#shinas artstuff#art#artists on tumblr#furry#furry artists on tumblr#furry art#spink species#oc tag#juice#both are without references because i need to get better at not just color picking#really like the second one#so cute <33#and the doodles once again came from people on magma!!!#love em
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conflict of sticking with my environmental planning degree plan and a potentially more stable/well paying job vs wanting to go for an arts degree in literature analysis and writing and history and culture because i love it so so much but know it wont be considered ‘useful’. FIGHT
#like. did i pick this. yes.#but only because i like plants#and i like outdoor spaces#and when doing research it was a well paying and open field job-wise#however#while planning my courses i was looking under my ‘dicipline based writing’ requirement#and while i know i need to take something related to my major#oh my god#masterworks of world literature#fairytales then and now#enchanted worlds (course on germanic folk tales)#a course entirely on the age of reformation#a whole course on banned books#world cinema#politics of food and sex#extinction. an entire course on the extinction process. it goes into fossils and cultures and ethnic groups and languages and#endangered species and human extinction. that sounds so fucking cool and also extremely depressing#like. i wanna take all of these. i wanna learn!!!#but noooooo i have to pay thousands of dollars and deal with an extreme amount of stress with competing coursework and thinking about future#career paths. like. ok it’s late and these are late night thoughts. but i wanna be able to just take classes like these. and learn.#why do i have to be working towards a degree. why does there have to be an end goal. why can’t i just learn and write essays#why did they make learning stressful#and like. all of these are awesome. but realistically woudlnt work with my major. at all.#i could take extinction but there’s another course that fits my major way better that i /should/ take#me rambling#i think it’s funny there’s also a course called capitalism and debt. they just tell you don’t go to college because they take all your money#anyways. hoping that i get over it#or that i get a well enough paying job that i can take college courses when im old and still want to learn#edit: THEY ALSO HAVE A COURSE CALLED TALES OF HORROR#HISTORICAL SND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF HORROR STORIES
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Worked on a ref for my fursona 🎉
#her name is diane and she's actually more like. my sona in general?#it's just. okay so diane is if i need a sona for stuff#and she has different aspects of her in different universes and different species and such#so my fursona is the furry version of her. if that makes sense#i also have an mlp pony version i made as a joke with a friend floating around#i could make a tiefling version of her because that's my usual pick for a dnd race#etc etc you get it i think#i need to find her a masc name for when she's a guy#for gender exploration purposes on my end but also because i like having options#anyway so she's a pigeon and i'm pretty happy with a drawing#hopefully i'll finish it soon and i can show people#i think she's cool. personally. zero bias here :)#i guess diane as a persona is kind of like. the same vibe as meredith?#meredith is an oc so she's not Me but she's... who i want to be. i want to be like her but better#meredith is who i'm trying to be even cooler than when i hit my 50s (in a looonnng time)#diane is more like who i hope i will be like in a few years#maybe i'll make it so she's always a few years ahead of me. the cool future me i can be#meredith is a character i want to be like because i like her#diane is a character i'm making up to hype myself up about my own future. she's me mostly#diane is achievable. meredith is a 52yo vampire who makes potions.#wow i have a ramble tag now
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