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thought it was a one-off thing, but i've now seen multiple pictures and videos of red-bellied woodpeckers touching other birds with their tongue at bird feeders. why are they suck little freaks?

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turns your arcadion fighters (and one of my wols) into cute, marketable mascots

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But seriously stop asking Ishikawa about story and lore or writing process or whatever. Give that woman a mic and say “talk about how fascism is a weak system that styles itself to appear strong by using false perceptions of antiquity” you would probably have to knock her out to take the mic away. You guys need to let her talk. THAT is what shadowbringers and Endwalker is about.

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this is how people on tumblr talk about men they like (x)

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Endlessly diabolical how you can't say words like rape and suicide uncensored without either being criticised by idiots or punished by conglomerates.

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they let the fucking skull wraith on the mound again. this is such bullshit i hate this league.

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Probably the most beautiful thing i've ever seen in the flesh

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two year anniversary of my vocabulary being permanently changed for the worse

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Laios with coloured pencils ✌🏼😔

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When Thancred fights Ran'jit on the First, he goes invisible several times. Each time he does, he becomes weaker. I found myself puzzling about how he was able to go invisible when he can't cast spells, and rogue stealth is not the same as a true invisibility (Ran'jit would have had no trouble seeing through rogue stealth).

So I looked at the abilities and the debuffs:

Perfect Deception is the skill - it conceals him by restricting the flow of life-sustaining aether.

When he's using this skill, he receives the debuff Fading Fast, which places a strain on the body and will cause him to pass out if the debuff runs out before it's removed.

Okay.

At the end of the fight, Ran'jit has gotten wise to him and is able to see through his Perfect Deception, preventing him from using it.

So Thancred steps up his game:

Souldeep Invisibility doesn't just severely restrict the flow of aether - it completely cuts it off. Not only is he risking being knocked out - which would be death for him, because Ran'jit is not going to be merciful - but he's also damaging his body's vital functions. At this point, he's going to die from the strain, not Ran'jit.

But how does it work? Why does it work? How does severing one's aether cause one to go invisible?

Then I remembered: Thancred is a soul. His body is literally corporeal aether in a [pleasing] form to house his soul. His real body - his flesh-based body - remains back on the Source. So by cutting off the flow of aether from his corporeal shell, he basically causes it to dissipate temporarily.

Scary.

But now the question begs: How the hells did he learn to do this? Did he just think it up on the fly? Is it an adaption of a technique he uses when he has a flesh-based body? What does it do then? Can he still use it when he's in a flesh-based body? Can he still strain his soul to go invisible?

The rabbit holes you jump down when planning out a cute gpose scene. XD

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In case you guys were wondering what my Instagram reels looks like. I almost typed “my auto parts” btw

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i actually love when a project has me like this for a month straight

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you know who I think would be glad doing M6S

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What we’ve gotta understand is that “the modern Internet is abolishing spaces for adults” and “the modern Internet is abolishing space for children” are compatible phenomena. Neither group is being favoured: the modern Internet is abolishing spaces for adults (i.e., because grown-up topics aren’t advertiser friendly) and the modern Internet is abolishing spaces for children (i.e., because online communities which consist principally of people who have no money are hard to sell things to). The Internet that contemporary corporate interests are trying to build isn’t a space for anyone – it’s the digital equivalent of an Ikea showroom.

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Behold, Manager Esquire!!

Dost mine drip not radiate the very image of a chivalric paragon? 🎠✨

Composition inspired by @/mewsmeme

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I enjoyed coloring this ngl, and also commissions still open!