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The Bifrost Incident character designs!

Some notes:

Without getting into too much detail, the idea I had was that in the past the style was more of the 80s rock scene, while in the present it’s evolved a little into the classic Memphis fashion that we all think of when we think of the 80s. If, like me, you wish there was more than just Lyf’s outfit to portray all this, you can perhaps imagine the mechs prison gang decked out in the most garish 80s style you can imagine.

Music inspo: rock music! While rock wasn’t invented in the 80s, it was a transformative time for the scene, especially for hard rock and heavy metal. It was a little hard choosing the 80s as the time period without leaning in to the psychedelic shapes and colors, especially when my mom said it didn’t look “80s enough”. I did try to incorporate some of the Lovecraftian aspect, but I think I could have done more in that sense.

The fashion style is meant to be a mix of 1000 (Norse Mythology) and 1980s (rock scene).

OUATIS

UDAD

HNOC

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Tomorrow I've decided to act under the assumption that my perception of reality is the only valid interpretation and that all of my beliefs are, in fact, absolute truths

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yeah. I'm going mostly off "it takes a while to graduate to be working as a psychologist" and Graves had worked for an (undisclosed) amount of time at the academy, a couple years at least by my estimates? Honestly looking at that. literally thirty one or thirty two is believable.

i'm attempting an Aja Graves design (slowly). and. how old?? are they?? do you think I'm vaguely thinking just past mid (or maybe. maybe early) thirties? but I'm not sure At All

Good question! I hadn't really thought about it that much, but I feel like mid-to-early thirties would make sense. They don't seem that old? But they definitely don't seem super young either, so ?

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Spin this wheel first and then this wheel second to generate the title of a YA fantasy novel!

(If the second wheel lands on an option ending with a plus sign, spin it again)

Share what you got!

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yeah those are the vibes I'm getting. She's almost certainly some sort of prejudiced. She also has a (quote) "corrections unit address", maybe she's been convicted of a crime of some sort? Could be the supremacist thing directly, even.

hey codex! found a new podcast entirely by accident!

It's called clinical space, and it follows a starship therapist! really new only three episodes, I'm surprised I'm early to something for once

started and thought 'oh hey codex might like this' so uh, here i am!

Hello Ivy! Would you believe that I found Clinical Space a little while ago and thought 'oh! Ivy might like this' and then forgot to recommend it to you?

So: thank you for the recommendation! And, ah - right back at you!

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that's great! and, of course. that does make a lot more sense.

hello dear codex of numinous

below these fair uncapitalized lines are podcast-related screams:

HOLY SHIT NEW CLINICAL SPACE OUT!!

okay that was less screams than expected but!! im excited!!! very!! <- continues to avoid starting the episode lol

Hello dear ivy of cryptid

Yes!! (I actually just saw the tumblr post for it before receiving this ask)

I still need to finish the 3rd episode (left off due to lack of earbud), but once I finish that + this new one I will be ALL UP TO DATE and - potentially - able to collaborate with you on your (digital) corkboard?

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ah the earbud loss chronicles have sadly continued then good luck on finishing when you can! and yes you can ABSOLUTELY join me in corkboarding (digitally). though i sadly don't think we can do that directly on the program i was using (obsidian). :(

hello dear codex of numinous

below these fair uncapitalized lines are podcast-related screams:

HOLY SHIT NEW CLINICAL SPACE OUT!!

okay that was less screams than expected but!! im excited!!! very!! <- continues to avoid starting the episode lol

Hello dear ivy of cryptid

Yes!! (I actually just saw the tumblr post for it before receiving this ask)

I still need to finish the 3rd episode (left off due to lack of earbud), but once I finish that + this new one I will be ALL UP TO DATE and - potentially - able to collaborate with you on your (digital) corkboard?

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“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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Girls Scouts encounter Bigfoot the most frequently. Part of their oath is to keep him a secret because he’s very kind and makes up 30% of their revenue due to his fervent love for thin mints.

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The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

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Me: dang I hate how my voice cracks on the chorus of Pink Pony Club but the rest of the song is so good.

Six-year-old at karaoke: I only know the chorus. Because I’m six.

Me: this was destined to be.

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bread so tasty. bread so nice. toast it once. toast it twice.

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Hey everyone, remember that being sick or healing from injuries is a hard time for your body. You have to eat a lot and lay still and be kind to yourself! [large neon sign that says HYPOCRITE descends from the ceiling and points at me] Hey what the heck what's this who put that there

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daily affirmations:

i am kind

i am in control of my emotions

it does not bother me when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

everyone in the house has the right to be in the kitchen

i am kind and in control of my emotions even when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone