#thatd be pretty funny

[godfeelscanon]

along the lines of the EWL’s timekeeping processes, what’s some other lore rabbit hole of the legion’s functions that would be unwieldy to exposit within the story proper?

honestly there's a timekeeping-esque rabbit hole attached to pretty much everything related to cohabitating species from different universes. what do you do about people acclimatized to wildly different G forces? what do you about species that are exponentially larger or smaller than the statistical humanoid average? IS there a statistical humanoid average??

the obvious answer that a lot of speculative fiction comes up with is that you have multiple civilizations of vary scales occupying the same space. sorry, i'm so sorry, but i'm thinking of Zootopia here, where there's little mouse cars on separate mouse roads next to the big regular sized roads. every time i see this kind of reality proposed it just seems wildly dangerous and inefficient. i mean, there's ALWAYS a tiny person who almost gets squashed! imagine trying to build a highway in a world where a really big fox girl might step on it accidentally. just imagine! are you imagining it? god, can you even imagine...

but like, seriously, it would be catastrophic. either you have strict "big creatures here, little creatures here" boundaries between spaces, or you have a form of integration where inherently one size of creature is going to be preferenced over the others (presumably whichever occupies the largest statistical average of the population/generates the most economic activity....... which, if we assume all creatures regardless of size share equal intelligence and ability, is a logic that would actually preference the smaller creatures, since they tend to reproduce faster and at higher volume. ah, our anthropomorphic perspective is really doing us in here!)

so, let's do away with the obvious answer. if the Legion can dynamically manipulate time to synchronize a wide variety of circadian rhythms, why not do the same thing for size/mass/gravity? i've toyed with the idea that Legion members are sort of squashed and stretched to be able to comfortably occupy the same space, such that if you and Godzilla met in a EWL hallway, he'd only be a normal amount of intimidatingly taller than you. presumably the Legion is capable of increasing someone's size without increasing their mass, and perhaps even of locally varying G forces to the comfort of the individual. i'm not 100% sold on this idea yet for various reasons. like idk, maybe the big fox girl doesn't want to be regular person sized. maybe being huge is part of her gender and making her small again induces dysphoria, did you ever think of that?!

so i think, like with a lot of stuff in the Legion, there just won't be a universal explanation. some facilities might have automatic body size normalization, and others might not. maybe there's a commune that has mouse cars on mouse highways next to dog cars on dog highways next to people cars on people highways next to elephant cars on... you get it. i think the answer is that you go where you can be comfortable. the Legion is big enough that it has accommodations for basically anything you can imagine.

this is connected to the notion that while the Legion has the ability to freely manufacture pretty much anything by way of universe engine game mechanics, they still try to preference handmade or uniquely crafted goods where possible/sustainable, because it is good for a society to have something constructive to do with its hands. not that they OUTLAW alchemy, that would be unfeasible, but rather that they don't let the absence of scarcity push them away from technologies developed in scarce conditions. many EWL members are immortal, remember. it's not just about having a lot of different kinds of leisure, but different kinds of everything. building a society that encourages Gods to remain grounded and engaged with material reality. chronological syncopation, size normalization, and the rankscipline system are just three ways that the Legion tries to put everyone on equal footing, not preferencing one particular variety of member just because they happen to represent a statistical majority (by one arbitrary unit of measure) or fulfill a specific cultural role/expectation.

anyway, i hope that was a suitable rabbit hole. i'm sure there are others around here somewhere.

[theoneandonlyespa]

Wait, do you guys think they're gonna have lestat coment on doing a broadway musical about himself in refference to the original one XD

Some meta details I noticed in the season 3 iwtv teaser

Executive producer of the documentary is executive producer of the show Mark Johnson

The shows makeup artist Tami gets a shoutout

Lestat pushing in the camera is just like what Sam Reid did in his audition 😅

This Lestat the musical looking outfit

Daniel has 45 minutes (the length of an episode) to interview Lestat

The camera operator for the documentary is J. Feldman in in honor of the shows cinematographer Jesse M Feldman

[freakurodani]

i got a rash on the top of my feet, and the skin is all raised and it kinda looks like a scar, you think maybe im getting stigmata?

[peniswizard69]

You know what I always wanted to see on that American Ninja Warrior show? A gibbon. A gibbon competing. Just this less than one meter tall ape looking at every last human to ever call themself a ninja and smoking them like a comically small joint. Just once

[aria0fgold]

Me: calls a cow stupid for walking into a thorny rose and getting damaged.

I turned around and saw...

My Kangaroo is constantly taking damage by a rose too.

I forgot I had my own idiot in the form of a kangaroo I tamed orz...

[thishappenedinsmt]

my brain is an endless content mashup machine. every time there are two things my brain finds a way to shoehorn those motherfuckers together.

anyway flysabeau princess (girlprince?) and the pauper. is this anything

[i-am-sleepyzz]

Ok so I promise I've been thinking about the digipoke redesigns and I pretty much know what I want for goh, dawn and kinda chloe and ash

I say kinda because ash will be relatively easy since he pretty much is always in summer wear

Chloe because I only know what her school uniform would look like akfkaorn I want to experiment with guryu fashion so that's what her fashion is

I think I mentioned this before but it was a while ago I'm redoing gohs outfit because it really wasn't summer wear yk?

So as always goh is grunge(and if it's not then erm my bad but that's how I try and dress sooo) but this time im looking at what ppl wear in the summer so yeah

His is actually pretty much done i just need to yk draw a finishe a piece and make a reference drawing

Everybody else I haven't started on

I think I'd like to include references to the character they take the place of so like goh has soras bag belt thing

Anywayyyyy

When I get those done I'd love to draw then in screenshots of digimon

[chesters-ocs]

Serial Killer!Stone: Beta, we can’t wait to dispose of the corpse. Anyone can come and see the dead body, we have to dispose of it.

If he could, he would drive the corpse somewhere out of the city, so Sammy’s ghost could play with it. But it’s a miracle he’s able to dispose of the corpse without someone seeing and trying to transport the corpse is riskier.

He does feel bad for ruining his son’s fun though.

oh hes just fully off the walls now, huh. fuck do you mean you'd let your son play with a rapidly decaying corpse??? i mean. based dad moment but. hello. sir. are you hearing yourself. SIR.

(imagine if sammy was alive tho and it was only kali and sylvester who were dead. wowza. sammy would be so giddy to commit a murder with his father. someone pick this little serial killer wannabe up by the scruff and take him to a therapist to get like a diagnosis)

[esspurrr]

finds book on my moms bookshelf essentially boiling down to “how to ‘work around’ people with ‘aspergers’” okey

[bughaus]

😢😢😢

I'm sorry if you're feeling sad.

[themetalvirus]

it would be kinda funny if the sonic movies just kept going forever and they like, ran out of recognizable characters. even the chaotix are pretty weird/obscure to someone who doesnt go to sonic. hang on wait i just imagined them teasing rob o the hedge and it fucking killed me wait thatd be so funny PLEASE

[aria0fgold]

Neighbor's cat, Lena caught me eating cheese flavored chips and she was meowing so loudly while standing up, leaning on my thigh and since it's cheese so it's kiiiinda safe, I decided to give her some small bits. Although, she is So Bad at standing and leaning her front paws cuz she has her Claws out and now I have small scratch marks on my thigh.

[grymmdark]

✨️!!!!

i appreciate the enthusiasm 👍🏻

ask game thingy here

[crinj-central]

Yeah I'm friends with a Shopping Service and she pretty much can attest that the vast majority of customers are Chinese Lolitas or rather, Chinese Shopping Services who arrive in drones on release day (together with scalpers). Actually AP has become quite unhinged with their new release policy, they're literally stricter than the damn border control.... people need to show a valid ID with their picture now for verification. On top of that, their new lottery system for *entering* the store has become an absolute nightmare. Basically if your number doesn't get drawn, you can't enter the store on release day at all iirc. I'm not exactly sure what AP has been thinking, because this has yet to deter any of the scalpers but it DOES alienate Japanese Lolitas even further. So all of that coupled with the climbing price hike I'm not even sure if AP is interested in keeping their actual domestic market happy....

I could probably splurge on a premium 100k dress if I really wanted to and saved up, but I don't see the point in doing so because even as sets, you only get 3 items at most. Beautifully detailed items I'm sure, but it's still not a whole lot in terms of quantity. A Happy Cakes full-set on the other hand is the better bang for the buck. But speaking of full-sets, I don't think I even spent that much on my last proper full-set (Little Witch OP, only thing I didn't get was the KC). I remember paying less than what Paris charged for the OP on its own... tbf the yen was already weak back then, but it hadn't crashed as hard either. Maybe AP's pricing has become bolder because they know they can get away with it?

I also agree with all of your other points, especially in regards to preconceived notions for fabric quality. People always assume that cotton is the best thing ever and can do no wrong, and yet I've had some truly shitty cotton fabrics in my hands that just wrinkle when you look at them wrong. Poly never does me that dirty, I can just chuck em into my suitcase and they dont even need a steamer.

Musings on the AP Cost Increases

Something came across my feed where people were talking about Angelic Pretty being low quality & over priced for polyester, and I'm not quoting it because I don't want this to be like... an attack against that person's specific personal oppinion when it's really not. It just brings up a topic I've been thinking about recently and I wanted to go into it a little deeper. I think as a community we really need to acknowledge a few things when it comes to the price increases happening with AP.

First of all, the yen is weak. [1] If AP was making everything in Japan using Japanese fibers, this wouldn't be a huge deal, but they don't. Japan doesn't grow a lot of cotton [2] so they have to buy cotton internationally. That means when the yen falls, the cost of materials goes up. AP also makes a lot of their garments in other countries. This means when then yen falls, the cost of labor goes up.

So, when we see AP releasing a fully shirred cotton JSK for ¥37,400 in 2025 [3] when a similar dress was ¥26,800 in 2020, [4], and ¥24,990 in 2012 [5], what we are seeing is inflation. It's worth noting that in countries where the currency is stronger, like the US, the cost of those 3 dresses is more flat. In USD at the time it was $262 (2025), $260 (2020) and $288 (2012) for those 3 dresses. In other words, even though the yen cost of AP's cotton pieces has increased dramatically over the price a decade ago, the price to US customers is basically the same (or even lower).

Their polyester dresses are similar in price, but, I will say, if you compare something like Decoration Ice Cream [6] to something like Happy Cakes, they are putting some more expensive design elements into some of the polyester dresses, like the belt on decoration ice cream. Cutting details on the cotton dresses can be a way to cut cost and keep from raising the price. Cutting details in general can also be a way to cut labor costs. So can switching to lower cost factories, which is going to get you lower quality sewing work.

It's also worth noting that cotton is currently trading at 66 cents per pound right now, but in April 2022, it was trading at $1.55 USD per lb. [7] That recent spike in cotton prices likely impacted Angelic Pretty (and other brands) textile selections for 2022-2023, and possibly into 2024 depending on how long it took the actual cloth prices to come back down.

The other thing to consider is that we are now about two decades out from when Angelic Pretty really started doing custom prints. So they have about two decades of experiance seeing how cotton and polyester pieces have aged, and I can say from what I have in my own closet that the polyester pieces are more colorfast. They are also generally easier to care for and take up less space, two things designers have mentioned their local Japanese customers prefer.

I also want to say that I don't think AP is overpriced. If anything I think most lolita is underpriced. As in we are under paying for the labor involved in the construction of most lolita pieces.

I do not know of any lolita brands that are significantly cheaper and equal or better quality than AP that are operating with the same costs as AP (custom textiles, custom lace, physical shop cost, etc).

I just paid Meta ¥38,000 yen for the last custom print JSK I bought from them. [8] Baby's latest print release is ¥44,880 for a JSK [9] (and totally sold out, and I'm never going to be accusing Baby of being the highest quality of all the Japanese brands.) [10] IW's Rose and strawberry cross ribbon JSK is one of their few recent custom prints and it was ¥43,890. [11] And IW closed their physical shops and their international webshop, which means they cut a LOT of overhead.

It's totally fine to not like AP and not buy AP. For some people, a lower price point garment is more in line with their budget. For some people, the things that make AP cost more just aren't value added to them, and thus aren't worth the increased costs. (For example if a person isn't super in to custom lace, a brand producing cheaper garments with commercial lace may be a better value to them). And some people have strong feelings about specific fibers, and that also is fine.

But, at the same time, if the market doesn't support higher prices, (and to be clear: I do think AP needs to raise their prices to produce higher quality garments than what they are making right now), then that product isn't going to exist. I don't know everyone's buying habbits, but historically when I've run polls [12], the international English-speaking market has focused a lot more on second hand purchasing than first hand purchasing. That doesn't push a brand like AP to produce higher cost garments because of preferences in that market while alienating their local customers who are already seeing actual cost increases due to the weak yen.

Basically, in short: lolita is expensive and it's OK to have preferences for quality and price. But I think we need to be realistic about what can and can't be produced at specific price points. If quality is the most important thing, then maybe a highly skilled indie designer who makes bespoke pieces at a higher price point is the best option. If lower price is the most important thing, there are indie brands who cut costs in various ways to get their prices lower than AP's.

But the only way to get high quality and a high level of detail at a very low cost, is with unpaid labor or other forms of theft. It's not possible.

[squidpedia]

I wanna know everything about your interpretation of the Perseverance SOUL.

info dump be upon ye

Honestly i desnigned them after thinking i really want to see a perserverance soul that acts like a dumbass about it and also has slvie epithet erased voice i just thought thatd be funny

tied with bravery for kids who came from a pretty ok home/school life; supportive parents who probably spoiled them, two best friends, so called gifted kid that finds themself bored a lot and drops whatever theyre doing in search of something more stimulating. They get ok grades despite often skipping classes to do fuckall. They might be the kid that stuck gum under your desk.

Kid that hasn’t really found a reason to lock in (about to be so violently challenged for the first time)

Notebook flips between notes from class, doodles, random thoughts, entries/notes from friends. Its a notebook, sketchbook, scrapbook all in one

Light-sensitive eyes, those are shades

Dove started as an affectionate nickname by parents but spread to go-to nickname. Its the name they want you to call them when they want you to be fond of them

Silence unnerves them so bad, they like talking a lot and listening to other people talk. If neither of those are happening then they are playing music in their airpods. Phone is at 3% though in underground so they only play music if they’re about to die (helps dissociate from the situation)

Unfortunately all my kids had save file access at some point and Dove lives by the mantra of 🐊Fuck around and find out🐊 (until they probably get frustrated enough to drop it)

Gerson significance - they liked hearing his stories. He funny :)

My integrity’s pibling/cousin whatever. 30ish year gap between when dove and lilac. Deltarune universe dove is lilacs 40 y/o relative that embarrasses them but signs their report cards and swears to secracy

They know korean and will only provide only incorrect translations

expresses emotions atypically and has difficulty putting words to reasons behind their very impulsive actions (its alexithymia and emotional dysregulation with the steel chair🗣️🗣️🗣️) -> unaware of this -> thinks they must not miss their friends and family as much as they actually do -> meanwhile go-to playlist is full of song reccs from the besties they put off listening to before -> the check button has become the song-rating button at that point their mind is not on this battle. call that being mentally checked-out lol get it

do not ask me how they died i have a vague idea but leading up to it i just think they just crashed out really hard and threw away the notebook and shades and then got really sad about it

[shadowblade8192]

hmmmmmm

Super Animal Royale x Turnip Boy Robs a Bank Collab!

MOM LOOK!!!! We're on the Season 9: Party Animal Update | Super Animal Royale Developer Overview!

Turnip Boy's crimes have transcended dimensions! After being sucked into a wormhole, our tax-evading, god-killing, cute little beast of a turnip has found himself in the Super Animal World!

We have partnered with the wonderful folks at Pixile Studio for a chaotic two-week crossover event that starts next tuesday! In Super Animal Royale, you can complete 6 challenges to earn Turnip Boy-themed items. Ever wanted to tear up wanted posters in a battle royale and clear the name for a cross dimensional tax evading 6ft vegetable? Me too! This is your chance! Additionally, you will now be able to unlock a Super Applecat. Crancran would be proud! UWU

Uh... we don't know what to say about Turnip Boy's vandalism in the Welcome Center fountain... He's just a chaotic little guy! He's just expressing himself, okay? It's a phase. Everything is fine... especially when you get to listen to a new Veggieville remix composed by Jake Butineau (another Jake!) over at Pixile Studios while you take in the carnage! How can anything be wrong when you're listening to such a bop?

We can't reveal too much, but we've definitely seen a few super animals in our game since the wormhole opened... when Turnip Boy Robs a Bank is released, you all will have to keep an eye out!

We are extremely honored to be Super Animal Royale's first-ever collaboration project! It has been incredibly fun working with them, and we can't wait to see everyone dropping in with Turnip Boy umbrellas! See you on the battlefield!