#and gods forbid accountability

[cipher-the-sidhe]

Trying not to run screaming in the streets over the absolute horseshit conclusion printed on Tokitae’s official necropsy report.

Old age? OLD FUCKING AGE???? She was in her 50s! Her mom is still swimming free at a grand 98 years. J2 was 106 when she died. 50s is not “died of old age” territory for her pod. For a captive orca 50 is old age sure, but WHY IS THAT HMMM????? Why are captive orcas expected to live half as long as wild ones I wonder??? I am BITING.

And what was with all the “she’s in great health!” reports we got not two weeks before she died of- apparently- chronic and acute EVERYTHING? Heart disease, renal failure, pituitary mineralization, pneumonia… excuse me?????? Surely those weren’t all just conveniently missed in what I can only assume were the most useless health checks ever performed.

Anyways, I’m absolutely rabid in the worst way over this bullshit. Not even the decency to be honest about her after her death. Fuck the Miami Seaquarium, fuck the Dolphin Company, fuck Friends of Tokitae, and fuck every single facility that keeps cetaceans for entertainment.

[frostynoten]

A very teasy tigah and his prey!

[spookygibberish]

I've sort of developed a strange relationship with the concept of "realism" in the things I make.

Something I was very into as like, an eleven year old (im not implying this was immature to be into, just that it was formative for me), was speculative biology specifically for dragons, and now, specifically in the case of dragons I find a lot of attempts to make them biologically plausible fully missing the appeal of dragons at all.

Thinking specifically about the supernatural elements of JoM and where the line is drawn. The dagnyds are made from the remains of godlike entities, and are not entirely earthly animals. They have a supernatural origin. It would be fully justified in giving them magic abilities or making magic an aspect of the setting, but have absolutely zero interest in doing so. It doesn't interest me. I think about shit like healing powers or glowy energy attacks and my reaction is just "what does this even add? Why do I need this? Does this make things more interesting?" And it simply doesn't. Healing is more interesting as a prolonged process, combat is more interesting with teeth and claws and metal and blood. These are options which are more realistic, closer to real life, but the realism isn't what makes them interesting: it's physicality.

When I design a creature for this world, I am not thinking about making it biologically plausible, and yet, I try to design things which look like they could 'move under their own power'. There is a sense of heft and mechanical "soundness" which I value more than realism, but often also aligns with looking 'realistic'.

I would say that it's better to serve a narrative than strive for absolute realism, but I don't actually write stories, although I do have ideas for them occasionally. I guess a version of this which is more relevant and applicable is that i prefer to strive for a particular vibe.

[gunsatthaphan]

about time my boy Joong gets banned from Twitter bc wtf is this,,,,,,,....----?¿

[eirianerisdar]

So I’ve just blocked the insane person who tried to justify Perez’s actions on my post by literally saying “he was angry” but idiots aside I’m genuinely concerned that there’s a level of “my baby can do no wrong” that makes someone willing to justify medical endangerment as “my baby was angy and he can express his angy however he wants even if it’s pushing someone’s head after he made impact with a wall at 300km/h”

[possamble]

[rachelclowny]

hc that baiheng had just the biggest older sister vibes. like, yingxing was her baby. she teased the hell out of him over everything and they got lunch together several times a week when she was on the luofu, her dragging him out of the forge blabbering about the latest intergalatic gossip and how he needs to get out more and eat his meals. she was endlessly endeared by jing yuan, always indulging him in seemingly unrealistic ambitions and telling him equally fantastical stories of her journeys across the stars and narrow escapes from peril and despite dan feng technically being older than her, she wasn't ever intimidated by him nor his title. instead she looked at him and saw a kind of humanity he never let himself see in himself. she would've tried to shouldered so many of his burdens if he ever let her in.

[allgremlinart]

but yeah my only qualms with Captain Contingency Plans have only ever been that A) he should have been upfront about at least having them and B) should have kept them locked up more lol but having them in the first place ?? every time I try and judge him for it I’m like yeah... I would probably do the same exact thing tho

[picory]

i was in my twitter settings when i noticed this... im gonna *** what the fuck do you mean twitter assigned me a gender based on my activity. im not even mad just baffled. that this is a thing that they do. so weird...

[lloydfrontera]

not a single one of rakiel's summons is fluffy which is a crime because what if i want to draw him cuddling with them. how is he going to hug a fish on fire. he can't even grab ggoseum without prickling himself. the only mildly huggable one is the little elephant and i cannot for the life of me remember their name. the other options are a baby larva and a baby bone dragon. WHY GIVE THIS MAN SO MANY CUTE ANIMALS AND NOT MAKE EVEN A SINGLE ONE OF THEM CUDDLY.

[jemcore]

i posted my trunks cosplay on twitter and people are sending me rape threats with no repercussions (my mutuals and i have all reported and twitter says it doesn't violate the rules) yet i just got my account locked because i said the word "suicide" in a context that wasn't even directed towards anyone 💀

[bruciemilf]

The Batfam having twitter accounts is fun but have you considered: batfam on tumblr

[leopardmuffinxo]

every time i open the bird app, i am reminded of why i don’t open the bird app lol

[fullmetal-maniac]

William Afton springlock scars. That's it that's the post.

[codecicle]

do you have any idea how terrifying it is for my mom to start conversation in the car with "so I was looking into your dnd podcast thing? have you watched the pirate one I remember you telling me about that" i think i just felt true happiness and true fear at the same time

[video-hole]

don't ever look at popular social media personalities opinions on or check the tags related to a movie explicitly about the queer experience Worst mistake of my life. every single time a queer movie has gotten popular cishet people come out in droves to posit that Actually, my interpretation of the film where instead of being weird faggots everyone is normal is Just as valid as your stupid gay interpretation . and I'm meant to be like yeah okay