#MOD NOTE

[kidlit-queen-competition]

op sorry for my piss on the poor reading comprehension but when u said "trains came from the mines" in that post i thought we just like. found them down there.

Oh yeah nah that's how it happened. In our hubris we dug too deep and found beasts of fire and iron, you know how it is.

[lindwyrmrelinquished]

TADC: The Siblings Episode

Art by @sm-baby , voiced by me! Happy late birthday, Mei!!

[the-archangels7]

hi! were the archangels!

im raphael, the only one with a prior tumblr account ( @theetherealraphael ), so go check me out there for more stuff! i use he/they/it/any neos for pronouns, and im married to @shakespeare-official-account! my sin counterpart is envy, and i created space, and i can heal!

my name is onfiel. xe/him. my sin counterpart is sloth. i created the animals.

howdy, im gabriel! (and no, i dont act like the one from good omens, please stop asking me that!) i created humans, and my sin counterpart is wrath. he/her/xe!

samael. xe/she. dont make me and raphael interact. theyre a fucking asshole who doesnt know how to calm the fuck down. i created the earth and all the plants. my sin counterpart is greed.

hi there, im uriel! i created emotions and stuff, such as lying, and love! i use they/xe pronouns, and my sin counterpart is lust.

hey, im zachariel. he/it/xe, please. i created colours, and helped with plants, not that samael would tell you that, hahah. my sin counterpart is pride.

and im michael. i created scientific reasons for everything the others created. she/xe/they pronouns for me, and my sin counterpart is gluttony.

((( hi! uh, basically, this is a gimmick blog for my lore! feel free to send asks to the archangels lol. youll be able to tell its me and not ic raphael bc therell be brackets around the text, so keep that in mind! and if you want to send an ask to me specifically, head over to my main, mentioned earlier in the post! )))

[alastor-the-demon]

[300 followers by Valentine's Day, and I'll make little Alastor comic strips every week-ish. Or 750 notes on this post by the same date. Spam notes are allowed]

[Followers left:] 0 😅

[ask-meowscarada]

Fenne: "Woa! Your markings changed when you used that water type move, did something happen when you did it?"

(From @askfenne !!)

( Context 1, 2)

(( Here's a bit of trivia about Charade's type changes!

For those who don't know, Meowscarada's flower when in bloom bears resemblance to a pomegranate, which you can read more about on Bulbapedia. The meaning behind the flower in the base design is what inspired me to have her flower change based on her type!

As a Water-type, her flower is based on a white water lily. The bulb is replaced by a lily pad. The idea to change her cape (for all forms, but especially this one) was inspired by these Meowscarada variants by mykocalico!

As a Fairy-type, her flower is based on a pink shrub rose. While I can't find an exact name for the species, these roses are called "The Fairy" by some gardeners (it's also a plant in Stardew Valley). I think the design for the bulb was based on a generic flower bulb, but I can't remember (I'll update this post if I figure it out)!

As a Dark-type, her flower is based on the genus datura, one of several plants commonly known as moonflowers. Not only does this beautiful flower bloom at night, but their poisonous properties have led them to be commonly associated with witchcraft! The bulb is based on the datura's seed pod.

If Charade becomes a pure Grass-type through her ability, her appearance is the same as her default. (Don't fix what ain't broke, right?)

I've always loved the idea of weird type changes, like with Delta species and Tera types, so I'm glad I get to play around with it in a milder form! Then there are, of course, the Hidden Types of this blog... Maybe some day I'll come up with more hypothetical Protean type changes for moves like Thunder Punch or Triple Axel. ))

[ask-the-critters-survival-au]

Can I give a hug to Kickin, Hoppy and Crafty, please? I just need them to be happy and comforted, thank you.

(I'm not sure if Kickin is available or not, but here we go ig. Also take care of yourself, mod 🖤

[Mod note: Normally I don’t answer asks when I get them, but I needed practice drawing hugs- also I agree they do need a small break from the suffering, so here’s their break. NOW LETS GET BACK TO THE PAIN :) Oh and thank you! You too!]

[dragonageconfessions]

Would you guys consider putting a damper on how many confessions that trash baldurs gate 3 you post? Because I've noticed an increase to the point where you have multiple confessions saying basically the same thing back to back and it's starting to feel like it's not constructive criticism but just trying to make people feel bad for enjoying something that isn't "superior" like dragon age.

First its only one person doing the blog. :)

I am trying to limit them as much as I can but I want to be fair as well because I am getting about 20 submissions a week from some very unhappy people.

I've also deleted (and blocked)a few people saying they wish the fans had the same power back during the early days of Inquisition because characters like Vivienne would be "rewritten or diminished" and most of us know what that means. And I'm going to be a bit blunt....it was a bit disturbing to see the word "power" used.

Now I have BG3 but I'm just at the very beginning as my time is limited but my brother has played it all the way through once and he describes his experience as a Love- bitter resentment thing. There were moments he loved it but near the end some things really pissed him off. And he advised me to stay away from the fandom and just play it when I do have more time to focus on it.

There aren't any other confessions in the queue and there won't be for awhile.

And if I continue to get racist posts regarding Vivienne I will continue to delete and block as my brother explained the situation with the Wyll character to me and why it connects to recent uptick in racist posts about Vivienne. I'm getting some seriously horrible confessions about Vivienne and I'm not going to tolerate it.

And thats all I will be saying on the subject. -SMC

[ask-gtwscar]

What are your favorite things about Grian?

My favorite things? I don’t know, I have a lot!

I like his wings a lot, they’re soft and sometimes he lets me touch them. I wonder if he’d let me keep a feather one day. I also like his hair, it’s really soft and well taken care of! I make him let me tie his hair up in silly ponytails a lot.

I also like his humor and his laugh and his personality. He’s just a well rounded guy, you know? (๑> ₃ <)

[to-much-pressure-z-13]

My Art

“Hello Expendables, Welcome to my shop, I have collected many trinkets and helpful items for you to check out for the low price of some useless data~”

“If you have anything you would like to ask, chances are I have the answers, for a price of course~”

Mod rant:

Hello! Welcome to my ask blog! This is just a fun little blog I made because I love this character and I know lots of other people do to!

Feel free to ask anything you want and I’ll try my best to answer in character, Unless specifically requested to answer in a certain manner or out of character.

I can draw, so if you would like a drawing with your response just ask, it may take a little longer to post but I’ll do it! :D

Anyways, Ask away and have fun! :D

Mod: Purple

Sebastian: Blue

System: Green

Extra Info:

NSWF asks allowed but I may or may not answer depending on weather I think it’s to explicit or not.

No Slurs, Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism or Sexism allowed.

I don’t support Proshipping

If you ask for a out of character response make sure your detailed in the type of response you want

I have 4 years of blog RP history and various other tumblr blogs, so I would say I’m fairly experienced

[plural-blocklist]

i dont understand one of the submission qualifiers... Is plural an Endo specific term?? /genq /nm

Plural is inherently endogenic inclusive, not specific to endogenic systems.

There's a few posts detailing more on the history that we can add here when we go through our files, and i am sure someone else may be able to give more insight also. @cambriancrew may know more :) (hope you dont mind the ping!)

[daily-acvoid]

hey peeps! i'll be going on a week-long trip starting tomorrow, so no regularly scheduled daily posts during that time! sorry about that ^^;

but don't worry about this blog missing in action on The Big Day coming up, because i've already prepared something for it! so please expect a special upload that day!

[zestialtheancient]

I will be nuking this blog soon! I am so tired of the notifs + fell out of the fandom pretty hard and wanna open this spot again.

Farewell, heathens.

[lindwyrmrelinquished]

COTL Fandom, I call upon you to look at this restaurant sign

That's not an exagerration, btw. We ate there and they literally do throw the bread rolls at you, you just have to raise your hand and they'll chuck one over

So anyway, The Lamb with a smug face and bread roll ready for throwing

[kidlit-queen-competition]

Train fact: the longest* train ever

like all things to do with railways, you can get pretty granular and pedantic with this one, so this is likely to also be the longest post ever. Sorry, but actual facts (and pretty pictures) under the cut!

The longest passenger train in regular service is Australia's 'Ghan, a luxury tourist train that runs between Adelaide and Darwin, and averages 774 m/2,539ft in length. that's twice as long as the Empire State building is tall.

(id in alt)

The reason I say "in regular service" is because the longest passenger train EVER was run by the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland, to celebrate 175 years of Swiss railways, and that was more than twice that long at 1,910m/6266.4ft. Almost an entire Kentucky Derby worth of train! It had to go incredibly slowly, maxing out at 35km/h, to avoid overloading the electric systems of the railway and local power grids.

[Video desc: a youtube video from CBS news of the recordbreaking passenger train. The train is made up of several red electric trains coupled together, and moves through alpine landscapes of mountainds and coniferous forest. It is so long that it is visible only in coils, like a snake. Some shots show the train leaving one tunnel while entering another, or driving under a viaduct while the tail end crosses it, and several shots show people watching and taking photographs.]

But, the thing with passenger trains is that they have a lot of rules and regulations applied to them that freight doesn't have to follow. So freight trains get HYUGE.

The average American freight train (I consider the USA to be freight trains' natural habitat because there is a whole bunch of wide open space for for them to crawl around) is 5400 feet long, and the standard in Europe is around 3000ft. That's a 10-20 minute walk at average adult walking speed, just to go from end to end. You know when you stop at a level crossing, and a train goes by, and it seems like it's going by forever? That was probably one of these.

But the average frieght train is peanuts to mining trains. Trains came from the mines, and they still dominate there. The biggest trains in the world are consists of ore and coal, run by tiny crews from extraction point to export. This has always been true.

For example, the Datong–Qinhuangdao railway in China runs coal trains daily that are 2.614 km/8576 ft long. That's more than 1.5 miles, or three times as long as the burj khalifa is tall. And that's the standard for that line.

(id in alt)

But that doesn't break any records.

The longest production train, running regularly, is the Sishen–Saldanha railway line's maganese/iron ore train. These trains are four kilometers long. 4,000 meters, almost half the height of the highest peak on earth, in wagons full of metals. Too long to be seen in a single photograph- the one below was stitched together from four separate pictures, taken from the air:

(id in alt)

and that's still not the record!

The record for longest frieght train is held by BHP, an Australian mining company. It was made for the record, but the capacity is still there. This train ran on june 21st 2011, and was 682 wagons long, over seven kilometers. Almost twice the length of the Sishen–Saldanha's, and a quarter the height of Olympus mons. If you stood this train on its end, it would be taller than Mt Denali. If you started at the front of the lead locomotive, and ran as fast as you physically could, you wouldn't reach the last wagon for an hour.

There are entire branch lines shorter than this train.

Unfortunately, there are no good photos, because nobody in space had time for railfanning that day, but there are plenty of pictures of other BHP trains!

(id in alt)

[alastor-the-demon]

[So I made a thing]

[ask-bubble-anything]

Look guys.

I love Bubble. I love her more than anything. Making this blog helped get me out of a really dark place. I'm still not fully out. But I'm better. I'm working on it.

I made this blog in November because of two people, @jaxfromthatcircus and @ask-caine-blog. I never had a tumblr before them. I never had discord. I was pretty lonely.

Times change. I love everything we've done together. Without you guys, I don't know if I'd be here. But in light of recent events, Bubble isn't important anymore. She will always be close to my heart, but without her husband she's not really relevant. I can accept that. I made a character that can't stand on her own, and I'm living with the consequences.

I don't know if I can handle deleting her. She's such a visceral part of me, and I have severe abandonment issues. She might just stay here, never fully gone but never fully active. I don't know.

All I know is that I love you all, and I love her. Don't forget about her. She would never forget you.

One last kissy kissy,

Mod Bubs.