#and funky lighting

[deadpoets]

SOLDIER, POET, KING by The Oh Hellos

[jasmancer]

I AM THE DIRT UNDER YOUR NAILS.

[crow-with-a-pencil]

*places eclipse here and scuttles away*

[5ftboy]

"Just a half full glass. I'm just a super lightweight."

[violettttttttttttttt]

im a little late on the venture hype train but oh well heres the goob

[fizzytoo]

market day: 02, the final day!

the kamealoha siblings enjoy mae's sweet berry waffles and lemonade on the final day of the weekend market. they also partake in some chestnut ridge gossip with a local named devin

karlee does a few more portraits before the day is done, including one for an older brother and a cheeky little sister (karlee thinks they're both very puppy-like and can't help but to tease libby)

mae by @pearlean devin by @maelfe jack & libby by @squea

karlee getting the adoring sentiment the very first time she talks to jack,,, no i get it he's so puppy

[brainbugz]

first kris of the year they would do this

[cupiidzbow]

we’re autism4autism have i ever mentioned that

[junebugdunes]

woah check it out I do backgrounds??? this is really messy but this shot was too fun not to redraw

grungy reference photo under the read more

[ikayblythe]

on the nature of void fluid . . .

We are back with another nerd post this time with speculative planetary science :0

Here, we have a cross section of the planet's crust. Ill go into more detail on each layer below ⬇️

The Surface

The "earth" in rain world was historically an ice world, with a weak sun and sheets of glaciers covering the surface. The only form of heat being from the earth itself. It doesn't take long to find large cave systems eroded by millenia of ice melt.

The erosion of the land from the great ice sheets created a jagged landscape of underground tunnels and pockets, shaped by the flow of the melting ice over time. The planet's crust is very hollow and thin thanks to this.

The Void Sea

As the water tunneled down into the earth, it collected in large underground pockets, kept as liquid by geothermal heat. These formed the planet's first true oceans, with life originating from communities around hydrothermal vents.

The Void Seas [yes, several!] are an ancient chemosynthetic ecosystem of extremophiles. The microbiome here has adapted to metabolize with as many different materials as available in this harsh environment, including inorganic substances, leading to the Void Sea's large appetite for the surface world and anything in it.

Of course, we know that microbes aren't the only denizens of the Void. The Void Worms are filter feeders supported by this microbial ecosystem! It may take tens of thousands of years for a Void Worm to reach the sizes seen—they don't stop growing.

Void Fluid Technology

As the Ancients expanded more and more into biotechnology, they discovered they could utilize many of the microbial cultures native to the Void Sea. Filtration facilities sought to isolate these species from one another, sorting for their individual uses and properties.

For example, iterators are the largest consumers of void fluid, using both domesticated and wild strains of microorganisms. The domesticated strains were repurposed into symbiotes to act as "cells," and so the blood of an iterator, or hemolymph, is a special mixture of these symbiotic void cultures.

And as living things, iterators do need to eat! In this case, nutrition comes from the underground bacterial soup. Yummy.

They have large-scale equivalents for almost every biological process, including digestion. The "stomachs" are vats of unrefined void fluid filled with symbiotic cultures that act as enzymes to prey upon native microbes and organic detritus. Or any unfortunate maintenance worker . . .

"Ascension"

The Void Sea is the origin of life, but also highly toxic to its children on the surface, eager to eat them alive. The activities of the microbiome as well as the output of the hydrothermal vents fill the caverns closest to the Seas with noxious fumes, causing hallucinations, delirium, and eventually death.

But ultimately, the Void Sea leaves no bodies. Whatever delusional creature makes it in, never returns. After all, those microorganisms evolved to consume whatever they could get.

[24bughours]

Inspired by how spotify only plays Lowe's ads when i listen to my toshi playlist

[solarockk]

The winner takes it all

The looser has to fall

[bevioletskies]

my school president's one-year anniversary | one scene per episode ↳ episode seven (original air date: january 20th, 2023)

“I think love isn’t always bad. Maybe it will encourage Yo to practice harder. Maybe…it can help me sing love songs better.”

[lloydfrontera]

fellas is it gay to cross dimensional barriers in order to get to the person you were willing to sacrifice your life for and then arrive at his doorstep with tears on your face as you confess how much you've missed him??? asking for a friend

[theblueeyedeagle]

ℜ𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔬, 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔓𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔰

[sleepis4theweak]

Ignore me I'm finding old art to post while I'm busy with uni :)