#avens

[soratsuart]

Today is my birthday, so here's a comic of my favorite Nomai conversation to celebrate!!

[jaiette]

avens ⚡️

[npfehr]

This one-two punch from Outer Wilds remains one of my favourite discoveries in the entire game.

"So we have this cannon that we're not supposed to crank to 11." "But we're going to, right?" "I mean, they knew we would try, so it's probably fine!"

Because elsewhere, at the construction yard:

"Avens and Mallow are probably definitely going to turn the cannon to 11, so let's make 10 the new 11."

The enthusiasm and let's-do-this-get-the-airhorn attitude on one side, and the weary resignation (but! also letting Mallow and Avens be themselves!) on the other. I absolutely loved it.

[teethands]

some more spore space creatures!

malkofolk are a pescatarian species with the wanderer archetype. they are among one of the only species in the galactic community outside of the grox that cannot breathe on T3 planets, requiring T2 or lower to be able to expose themself to the atmosphere without assisted ventilation. their skin is pale pink and incredibly sensitive to UV light, which usually means they have to wear a special suit when visiting other planets regardless. they are nonetheless rather jovial and enjoy meeting other species.

the ottoven are ecologists sporting an exterior cardiovascular system and a diet consisting of 100% carrion. they very fiercely believe in protecting the galaxys' many ecosystems and have incredibly long lifespans, upwards of hundereds of years and even millennia. many ottoven practices and traditions, particuarly mourning and funeral rituals, can last many decades. practices of creating carrion suitable for eating are consistently present in every culture, and a highly diverse form of art. its kind of like making cheese. some methods invoke the presence of certain bacteria to give the carrion a sought-after taste, or require the corpse to be in a specific state of decay before consumption, or utilize insect-like animals to eat away certain parts of the carcass.

avens are small, herbivorous bards, who want to be traders incredibly badly. they are a playful species who would really dig on the stock market if it existed in the spore universe. they sport a rather roomy, marsupial-like pouch on their belly, which is primarially used for carrying things in. while the pouch is actually intended to house their young until they are old enough to walk, avens generally only mate once or twice in their lifetimes. their pouch is nicknamed the "primordial pouch" as it has been present for the entirety of their evolutionary line. their "trunk" is an extended upper lip and it was once used to peel a specific species of fruit that was an integral part to thier ancestors' diet, but has since gone extinct, leaving the trunk kind of useless but a popular place for body mods like peircings and gauges.

[florealegiardini]

A muddle of Allium ‘Purple Rain’, Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ and Aquilegia atrata welcomed me as I bound out the back door home from the Chelsea Flower Show this evening. 💜🧡 ~ Ann-Marie Powell

[trunswicked]

Tiny BeetleWing sit

[lepurcinus]

I care about these rabbits in a normal way

[dacieng]

Avens

[yourfriendhare]

[my--little--corner]

[myprivatenaturephotostash]

avens

[crudlynaturephotos]

[ashdoodle-s]

The final victor

[heather-rajendran]

Wood avens (Geum urbanum) wildflower photo I took yesterday, Huddersfield, UK

[ironunderstands]

The way some of yall mischaracterize Ratio as being stoic in chill when in reality he is 24/7 resisting the urge to rip everyone around him a new one is crazy to me like. He cares so much, so much. It’s unhealthy, he loses the idgaf war every time because Ratio is the least nonchalant person ever like

He was this close to breaking character and throttling Sunday like you cannot tell me he wasn’t planning a murder in this scene. Ratio straight up calls Sunday a crazy bitch but everyone brushed it aside 😭

Honestly his entire conversation with Screwllum is just him tweaking, watch it on YouTube the VAs performance is amazing, you can here just how much He Cares

Genuinely, Aventurine is way better at concealing his true feelings that Ratio. Ratio may be acting for the sake of the plan but the way he truly feels about anything he’s doing always seeps through, it’s why he apologizes to Aventurine in 2.0 in their staged argument scene. It’s why he is as mean to Sunday as he can be. It’s why him pretending that he “hates” Aventurine makes him act so silly. Ratio can’t fully commit to the bit, he can’t force himself to not care or to be someone he isn’t, because fundamentally Ratio CARES and that is something he is incapable of hiding, alabaster bust or not.

The problem is that him expressing his care is often done in a rude and/or blunt manner which people tend to interpret as stoicism or apathy when it’s anything but. Ratio’s vial that he gives to Aventurine is short, sweet and gets straight to the point, because that’s the easiest way for Ratio to express his emotions, even if it’s often detrimental for him and anyone else around him. However Aventurine understands him quite well, and knows that although brief, Ratio telling him to “stay alive, survive this and keep on living” is how he truly feels towards Aventurine, and that’s enough to keep him going.

Underneath Ratios carefully crafted marble facade is a man who cares so much and is so bad at expressing it and I wish the community in general, especially Aventio shippers would acknowledge that more. Ratios true moments of sincerity are brief, but they are anything but stoic. Let the man be soft, it’s in character.

[devxoid]

come home to me