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[jei-rifni]

Need I say more

[niko-ur-local-moron]

Fantasy AU Bakudeku save me...Save me Fantasy AU Bakudeku....Save me ...

[m-kuprum]

in another universe they would love to make breakfast and do laundry together

(click for better quality + some close-ups!!)

[spitinsideme]

bimbo ragatba and tomboy pomni on a date at a fancuy restauranr (kissing !!!)

[serpentface]

A typical example of a kulimane hunting dog, a prized animal in Imperial Wardin. They represent the most positive feelings towards dogs in this cultural sphere, an animal that otherwise has an often ambiguous or even disdained status.

Kulimane are the 'hybrid' offspring of domesticated sighthound breeds and the kuliku (colloquially called 'salt wolves'). Kuliku are not actual wolves, but rather the feral descendants of VERY ancient domesticated dogs that have been living wild for millennia in grassland, savannahs, and semi-desert, and are fully functional and efficient predators. Kuliku have slender builds, huge lungs, and long legs, and use bursts of tremendous speed to chase down prey. They mostly take small game, like rabbits, hares, birds, and hippegalga, though pairs are capable of bringing down mid-sized ungulates. They do not readily mate with fully domesticated dogs, but can be encouraged to do so in captivity, thus producing the kulimane.

The production of kulimane was introduced by the third Burri empire and has been fully adopted into contemporary Imperial Wardin. Kulimane are commonly seen as the best and most ideal of hunting dogs, combining the speed, power, and heat resistance and predatory instincts of their wild parents, and the loyalty and tameness, and other bred-in qualities of their sighthound parents. In practice, most Kulimane used in hunting will have been the product of several generations of breeding to produce an ideal animal (initial 'hybrid' generations are often still too wild). Their appearance can vary wildly, but the ideal form for a kulimane is to have a domestic-type coat (fully solid colors are preferred, but rare) and to retain the pointed ears and black tail tip of their wild ancestors.

Most kulimane are independent, intelligent animals that will form close and protective bonds with their handlers, but will be shy and wary of strangers. They usually retain strong territorial instincts from their wild ancestors, and can double as excellent guard dogs. Their disposition towards other dogs can vary- a well socialized kulimane can usually be introduced to new dogs with few issues, but some have striking tendencies to aggression towards strange dogs, and are often muzzled in public. Most are kept in same-sex sibling pairs, and away from unfamiliar or unrelated dogs. They are rarely outright cuddly, often preferring to sit at a distance than to sit on one's lap, but are appreciative of praise and affection from their owners.

Well trained kulimane make for truly excellent sighthounds. They can quickly adapt to changing situations in the field with little to no input from handlers, and quickly and instinctively dispatch most small prey. Their high prey drives Can be a problem for owners. They are frequently known to kill livestock and sacrificial stock, and have a tendency towards surplus killing. You don't want a kulimane to get in with your poultry.

Good kulimane stock is very difficult to produce and takes several generations of breeding, and the animals can be very costly to maintain and keep in good hunting conditions. As such they are VERY expensive animals, and function as status symbols. Sighthounds in of themselves have associations with wealth, and kulimane are specifically associated with royalty and the social elite. They represent the most venerated and beloved end of a very, very wide spectrum of cultural opinions towards dogs in the Imperial Wardi sphere.

The status of dogs in the cultural schema mostly depends on their perceived role. Working dogs tend to have positive cultural connotations- guard dogs and especially hunting dogs are seen as noble animals and symbols of loyalty, and herding and livestock guardian dogs are of great practical value in the rural sphere. Keeping dogs for pure companionship is fairly uncommon, though there are a few established companion breeds in the region. The practice of raising livestock dog breeds has decreased or become obsolete in parts of the region, largely due to Burri influence (which regards the meat of predators and scavengers as wholly unsuitable for consumption), but meat specific breeds like the salutachin are still valued in the city-state of Wardin as providers of an excellent, delicacy meat. The commonality between all valued dogs in Imperial Wardin is their utility, well-established roles, and sharp distinction from feral dogs.

Feral dogs are a fact of life around most settlements. Imperial Wardi cultural outlooks on them tend to be highly negative, characterizing these as uniquely greedy, cowardly, lowly pest animals at best and depraved corpse eaters at worst. Exact attitudes vary throughout the Imperial Wardi cultural sphere, but one near-ubiquitous element is regarding the excrement of feral dogs (and corpses of feral dogs) as potent sources of spiritual pollution that should never be touched with bare skin, and should ideally be removed and buried in barren ground (or their polluting influence should at least be mitigated with a blessing of the tainted location). Superstition holds that stepping in the feces of feral dogs can inflict curses, and the word for 'dogshit' is one of the most insulting terms available in the language.

Hatred of feral dogs is particularly acute in the city-state of Godsmouth. The core city experienced a collective cultural trauma as a result of a siege during the formation of the Wardi empire, in which civilians starved en-masse and descriptions of bodies being eaten in the streets by feral dogs (which were, in turn, eaten by starving civilians) dominate historical records of the event. Feral dogs are by and large hated in this part of the region and seen as outright vile animals and acute sources of spiritual pollution via their very presence. They are actively culled on a routine basis. The outskirts of the city of Godsmouth and some of the city-state's towns have unique practices of allowing semi-tame hyenas free movement through settlements, where they fulfill the dogs' function as refuse cleaners and keep dog populations in check.

While the keeping of feral dogs is generally frowned upon throughout the region, individuals caring for their local feral populations or adopting feral puppies is not unknown, and the distinction between feral and kept dogs (and stigma towards the former) is MUCH less pronounced in many rural communities, where semi-feral dogs may be valued as likable or useful village animals.

No dog breeds are standardized (or even technically 'breeds' in any modern sense), but there is usually great effort to keep working, livestock, and companion dog stocks wholly separate from feral dogs. The word that roughly means ‘mutt’ in this language does not refer to mixed dog breeds as a whole (or even crosses between different types of working dog), but specifically crosses between kept breeds and feral dogs, which is generally regarded as unfavorable (though not uncommon, both due to inevitability in a world without spaying, and practicality- these crosses may produce perfectly good working or companion dogs, and introduction of feral stock reduces inbreeding).

The dog is one of the constellations in the Wardi zodiac, found at the heel of the Hunter constellation and variously interpreted as either being a noble hunting dog trailing its master, or a lowly scavenger looking for scraps. The latter characterization tends to win out in terms of the characterization of its associated birthsign. Being born under the sign of the dog is mostly regarded as inauspicious, and a potential indication of a cowardly, stupid, lustful, and greedy character (though some positive qualities are ascribed, chiefly loyalty).

‘Chinops’ (literally ‘dog-born’) refers neutrally to the dog birth sign, while ‘chinmachen’ (‘dog-faced’) is an epithet given to those considered to have the associated personality traits, which is rarely anything BUT an insult. (These also spawn the purely derogatory phrases of ‘chisnops’, ‘chismachen’, and ‘chismache’, which have functional meanings closest to ‘son of a bitch’ ‘bitch/slut’ and ‘cunt’ respectively)

[princehendir]

My possibly more controversial take on the matter is that I think Varric actually would have been very sympathetic to the chantry bombing if like literally any other mage on earth had been the one to do it

[thanatoseyes]

I have made my own Bob merchandise (or whatever you want to call it. . . Keepsake?)

I gave him little gold smiles because he needs them. Cobalt blue for his suit. Yellow and black for the thunderbolts* and Mel and Val. And black and gold stars just because I sort of thought they fit his vibe.

I got the beads off of Etsy: BeadAndCraftStash

[crispycrunchers]

Dipper and Mabel's parents divorce and they get a sick ass adventure with their sick ass Grunkles with a friendly helping of trauma, but when my parents divorce I only get awkward conversations from my bio dad and casual trauma??? I wanna trade!!

[scribz-ag24]

thinking about how se0 had dusknoir live a horrifying period of time where he sinks so deep into thr darkness he almost loses himself, so the player can feel and understand his determination to keep his life no matter how hopeless his future is. his life is finally HIS, and he's not giving it away again. and it's only the first step in his journey because by the end of se5 he learns his life doesnt have to keep on going on a literal sense, that letting your actions impact others' future is another way of making your life matter thanks to YOUR own choices.

[softshuji]

Hi I thought I'd show you guys stuff I'd made recently since I hadn't done that in a while lol

But also I have an ig here if you wanna find more lol

[jei-rifni]

Wait fr idk if i posted this before i completely forgot i have so much experimental art i forget about helpp

@cassthecringe aaar

[crustaceousfaggot]

Modern DW: We're really just trying to push the bounds of the genre here, we're playing around with the core structure of Doctor Who in ways that haven't really been done before.

Big Finish in 2006: Okay the Doctor's not actually in this one. But don't worry, Paul McGann voices an eight-armed alien. Who has the Doctor's memories. Sort of. This whole thing is set in a highly hierarchical authoritarian society where people regularly have their minds erased and their memories grafted onto other people, and the Paul McGann alien has the Doctor's mind grafted on to him which makes him the Messiah of the civilian revolution and also he eats a live rat. And Paul McGann's Evil Authoritarian Voice is kinda hot but it's gonna give you mixed vibes because now you know he's an 8 armed alien. And also Paul McGann eats a live rat. Did I mention that earlier. I feel like I cannot stress enough how much Paul McGann eats a live rat.

[fettiowi]

I truly feel like Lapis's backstory wasnt fully explored in the series

Specially with how mysterious and how much of a big deal she seemed at her introduction

Her backstory basically just being that she was on the wrong place at the wrong time... makes me wonder what was she even doing there and why.

Her distrust of the crystal gems?

The fact pearl never noticed the mirror "didnt work"?

Honestly just pearl in general! Her keeping the mirror, knowing a gem was in there. Did she keep it that way cause its a homeworld gem? She says it isnt supposed to talk its supposed to only follow orders.

AND THE MIRROR IN GENERAL LIKE pearl talks about it like she's seen it before? What is that story

[vampiricbisexuality]

”having lotion next to your bed is an ICK”

what if i like moisturized skin?? what if i want to smell like lavender before bed?? what if it helps me remember to wear it??

[sombritas-des]

You know hollow knight godmaster ending right?? How driftcells's reaction to the knight[Ghost] in shade Lord form themselves?? They would knew shade Lord is bigger than everyone cuz you know shade Lord is massive during Showdown against absolute radiance<Big God mother who cost hollow knight's world cover in infection> when idk if shade Lord will Being friend with beheaded & drifter

Okay THIS was extremely hard to answer or get, mostly because I had no idea of that ending hahaha, I finished like the causal ending for HK and call it a day,and it was like....years ago

So! I had to call reinforcements and ask for the deep lore, I asked Zoan.., and first of all wao

So if I got the question right you want to know their reactions, I mean is hard to say? In general I think the duo would not react kindly to it in the first place,maaaybe beheaded find it funny like ,as pet as all the creatures they encounter in their land, but I'm mostly sure they'll fight it or try.. because I'm sure they'll not succeed.

But drifter is a whole another coin, have you seen the similarities between that and judgment? He's 100% fighting it, or been terribly afraid of it. He's for sure not letting that thing close to him in fear it might be judgment.

So no...I don't think they'll be friendly even if Ghost was still there to begin with, because we don't know if it's really it,or a hive mind with a solemn purpose of plunging everything in darkness.

I like darkness...

[skybristle]

maw my beautiful wife i do not care who she killed they probably deserved it anyways...

can i maybe havw...just one maw drawing...pretty please...

sure buoss

also @arsonstick either this IS you or you'd like to see this