#cows vs aliens

[littleguymart]

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[lil-kozy-kollector]

Fellow aliens taking a trip on planet earth!

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Cows vs. Aliens surprise plushies! I realized that so far, only the first 12 are out, further proven to me from @mizunosakura, so thank you so much!

For everyone that enjoys this series, good luck getting one or some!🌟

[crystalized-dreams]

Cows vs Aliens... but Puppies vs Squeaks too??

I was recently made aware of a specific excerpt in the February 2023 edition of the Big Toy Book which I have highlighted below: And while I had been already aware of Cows vs Aliens and had been waiting for the first reveal of them (as I know they were shown to investors already at this point), I don’t think anyone was aware of the reveal of Puppies vs Squeaks as well. I still don’t entirely…

[felignis]

i love you moo-balloon

[yescrazycatlady10]

Cows Vs Aliens! 👽🐄

[henrysglock]

maximum squelch, you say?

[vethale]

Incoming Marble Sky theory about the Marmors' origin planet and more! Spoilers ahead!

I think if we ever get to see their original planet, it might be a dark place (literally and metaphorically), with hives or cities built within ant-like cave systems. Their society also seems to work like those of ants with a queen (Moon), workers and drones.

I think the fact that the Marmors use a form of ecolocation rather than our traditional eyesight might imply that on their original planet, sight as we know it is not a viable option. Their planet might either have little to no light, making eyes redundant, or too much, which would also cause the same problem. I think their fur coloring might also be proof of this, as they seem to display bright colors with no patterns. (Patterns usually help animals, especially predators, blend into their environment, because a blotch of a single color is usually easy to spot). However, there is also a possibility that their coloring might be a result of them becoming the dominant species: We see this with domesticated animals- think cows or cats, with white patches of fur, that make them easier to spot. When colors no longer affect their survival, new color variations tend to pop up.

I also think the fact that they are bipedal (with tails) also tells us that like humans, they might have started walking on all fours and then went up. This allows the brain to become larger, because the neck can hold up more weight, boosting their intelligence. Animals that walk on all fours are usually limited in this aspect because the neck muscles do all the work, so their heads can't get heavier.

The existence of tails might imply that those are still required for balancing purposes. Humans used to have tails but we kinda didn't need them and they went away, but the tail bone still exists. The fact that Marmors still needed them might imply that they still had to climb a lot in their original planet - maybe they live on trees (there's some ants that build their hives hanging from them! Super cool tbh) or they build their homes on cliffs/mountains.

I personally think them living in mountains or cave systems is the more likely option. In the comic we have already gotten the comparison with ants, who tend to build their little hives with tunnel systems going in all directions. This would make their tails useful for climbing, as well as their special eyesight and connections useful for navigating the hive. I mean, a connection like the one we have seen in the latest update is not only useful for hunting but also for their hives, as they can quickly figure out where more "manpower" is needed vs where there's already enough of them in one place.

Also, they have both sharp claws and teeth. Obviously those teeth are stylized in the comic, but they seem very very sharp. Definitely made for ripping and shredding. So it's very likely that the Marmors are obligate carnivores, meaning that, unlike dogs or bears, they can ONLY eat meat. I mention this because those claws would also be useful for hunting and disabling prey BUT connecting this to the cave system theory: Those claws are big and sharp, whoch might also be useful for digging. The giant anteater, for example, has some seriously sharp claws. This thing does NOT hunt other animals, besides ants and termines lmao, but uses those sharp claws to dig into the really hard ground. And those claws are SHARP, boy. They use them regularly to wars off and ERASE jaguargs. Yes, jaguars. So maybe these sharp claws might be tools AND weapons for the Marmors, useful for deleting your prey and digging into the ground!

Going back to the ant comparison: ants society usually has a queen, her simps, and the worker ants. The queen lays the eggs. If those are fertilised by the male drones, they become female workers but if not, they become male drones (the simps lmao). Ecliptica mentions that she is tall because she is a female AND the center of their network. Obviously these are aliens, but I think we can draw parallels: she might be their queen, the only one that reproduces -which would also explain their "children belong to everyone and noone" attitude"- while the rest might simply be the workers. I say workers, even if they are male, because I think the drones might actually be something else. We have seen smaller Marmors like Shepherd's assistants. Now, they might just be small or younger, BUT they could also be the lower ranking drones.

So, to sum up: I think Marmors come from a planet with little light, where they build their hives/societies in ant-like cave systems, digging into the ground. They might also have an ant-like society, that revolves around their queen, the workers and the lower ranking drones, where everyone but the queen is a male.

[rockethorse]

Stocking Stuffer 1/5: A Bajillion Random Painting Recolours

Happy Holidays to all! While I'm proud that last year I finally managed to achieve a longtime goal of sharing a full TS2 Advent Calendar, I'm simply not gonna be able to pull it off this year. Nonetheless, the holidlay spirit has encouraged me to finish up and share a couple of things before the end of the year! I'll be sharing five little gifts over the next few arbitrary days. First up: A BUNCH of Maxis painting recolours.

One recolour each of A/B/C Stroke (yes, I still enjoy playing with these as three separate paintings) using vintage matchbook covers designed by Saul Bass for The Ohio Match Company.

Two recolours +frames for Abstrutionism; "Poppy Cake" by Adolf Fényes (1910), and then this edit of Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth (1948) to include Bella Goth (the original Tumblr poster has deactivated).

A recolour of Anonymous Masterpiece with these two digital paintings by user chestnutroan featuring their farmer Sim and his two alien daughters.

One recolour of the Arghist Soldier with "Friday Nights" by Deborah DeWit (2006), perfect for your novel-enthusiast Sims' reading nook.

One recolour of City Skyline with a fruit & veg painting by Twitter user snail_soup (you can buy a real print of this too if you like it!)

One recolour of the Fourth Element wall scroll with "From Stardust to Stardust - Raccoon" by user ArtOfMienda.

Four Vegetables recoloured with four deliciously juicy tomato paintings by artist Leah Gardner.

Geometry 101 recoloured with a beautiful palette knife painting by Lynn Boggess.

Two recolours of Grilled Cheese (you all know what Grilled Cheese looks like, c'mon); one vintage ad for Hollywood Diet bread which I cleaned/redrew to remove text/graphics, and then "Cloud Rows" by Ivan Eyre (2004).

In The Beginning (+frame) recoloured with "Little Thief" by Courtney / Trash Kitty Art (also available as an affordable IRL print).

Kitten vs. Yarn (+frame) recoloured with this goache painting by user ieafy.

"Until Tonight" by Mark Grantham (2019) slapped on Lady On Red.

Two recolours of Living Room; "Midwestern Summer Fun" by user ink-the-artist (you may wanna zoom in for a surprise), then "Girl On A Swing" (2000) by Andrew Macara.

One recolour of Marketing Print with the Beatles as drawn by other Beatles. I don't remember who drew who because I'm actually not much of a Beatles fan but I thought these sketches were really darling.

In Memory of Johnny Gnome (+frame) recoloured with a piece by Emma Roulette.

A recolour of My First Holiday with art from Twitter user heikala_art.

On Pointed Toes (+frame) recoloured with this digital painting by Twitter user catwheezie.

I fell in love with this Guinness ad so I tweaked it from the photo to fit on the Route 66 poster, then made an accompanying Simlish option.

A single Scruffles recolour (+frame) with this adorable cow illustration by Twitter user poodlewool.

Four recolours of the Sim Noir pop art print; three pieces by Al Parker I found through this Tweet (with some English removed) and then an edit of the original painting to look passingly familiar...

Two recolours (+frames) of Snoozing Enemies; "The Cat on the Pillow" by Adolf von Becker, and "Sleeping Sasha" by Lena Rivo.

Stiller Life (+frame) recoloured with this oil painting of McDonalds by artist Noah Verrier.

Two recolours (+frames) of Stumped Hound; "Shadow" by Tianyi Zhou and "cat falling off table" by user anasauruss.

The Muse recoloured with this Juxtapoz magazine cover by artist Josh Courlas.

And lastly, three recolours of Untitled (the Bella Goth pop art painting) with works by Hiroshi Nagai.

Download All Paintings @ SFS

[squishysoftmonsters]

Imagines

Imagine Types

NSFW [Naughty]

Fluff [Sweet/Wholesome]

Fluff? [Questionable but cute]

Harpy

You're Mine! [NSFW]

Human Big Mac [NSFW]

Plant

Demanding Plant [NSFW]

Sensual Dance of Love [NSFW]

Tall and Careful [NSFW]

Entangled [NSFW]

Holiday Spirits [NSFW]

Eden's Admirer [NSFW]

Plants love Cats [NSFW]

Dragon

The Tongue [NSFW]

Treats No Tricks [NSFW]

Halloween Noms [NSFW]

Off Limits! [NSFW]

Floof gone Wild [NSFW]

Werewolf

Primal [NSFW]

Fluffy Down Time [NSFW]

Thicc Fluff [NSFW]

The Skinny Pack [NSFW]

Just Right [Fluff]

Werelion

Wild Boi [NSFW]

Recipies Out of Context [Fluff?]

For The A+ [NSFW]

Ghost

Laundry Day [NSFW]

Rough Ghost [NSFW]

Paranormal Plump [NSFW]

Corrupted Coupling [NSFW]

Seven Evil Specters [NSFW]

All We Want for Christmas [NSFW]

Alien

Cos I love You [Fluff]

Drunken Hole [NSFW]

Big Kitty BF [NSFW]

Pets in The Plumbing [NSFW]

Peen Pet Nursery [NSFW]

Face Sitting Sweetheart [Fluff?]

Egg

Eggtopia [NSFW]

Tongue/Tentacle

Riding Rough [NSFW]

Otherworldly Lovers [NSFW]

Tongue In The Woods [NSFW]

New to the Groove [Fluff?]

Faerie/Dryad

Capture Perfect [NSFW]

Tall Dark and Long [NSFW]

We Got Ourselves a Human! [NSFW]

Dom Dryad [NSFW]

Pet Fae [NSFW]

Hugs [Fluff]

Hot For Teacher [NSFW]

After School Activities [NSFW]

Vampire

Playing Till Light [Fluff]

Demon

Well Equipped [NSFW]

Being Whole is for the Weak! [NSFW]

Peen Pump [NSFW]

Going all the Ways [NSFW]

Heaven won't hear You [NSFW]

Orc

Hole Sweet Hole [NSFW]

Orc Doc [NSFW]

Strong Dong [NSFW]

Kiss and Make Love [NSFW]

Moth

Cuddles [Fluff?]

Not Enough Stuffing [NSFW]

Good Book [Fluff]

Fill Me Up as We cuddle [NSFW]

The Cuddle above all Cuddles [NSFW]

Minotaur

That's NOT All Folks [NSFW]

Wiggle Jiggle Clatter [NSFW]

Softie Cow [Fluff]

Naga

Floofy Savior [Fluff]

Hunter vs Hunter [NSFW]

Uncategorized

Erreday is The Monster Mash [NSFW]

Horny Plant Rambling [NSFW]

Fine Selection [NSFW]

Thanksgiving Pet [NSFW]

Stuffin Before the Grind [NSFW]

Unprotected Variety [NSFW]

Gentle Cleric [NSFW]

Otherworldly Clinical Trial [NSFW]

Slime Booty Vacay [NSFW]

The Nameless Variety [NSFW]

Slime Lover [Fluff?]

Normalize [Fluff]

WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR ON THE MONSTER MENU!

[worst-siblings-tournament]

Round 1, Match 15

Akio Ohtori and Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena) vs Tom and Jake Berenson (Animorphs)

Poll Runner's Note: Tom and Jake are a tricky entry. Most of what we see of "Tom" is actually Temrash 114, the Yeerk controlling him. I decided to include them anyway, an evil alien that's controlling your brother feels close enough to me.

Propaganda under break. Spoilers for Revolutionary Girl Utena and Animorphs.

Akio Ohtori and Anthy Himemiya

TW for incest/rape/CSA

WHERE TO BEGIN. Major Utnea spoilers, but take a brother and sister who have been alive for god knows how many centuries, one keeps the other enslaved as the Rose Bride so she can be living bait for "Princes", meanwhile he does an incest on her at least once a week. She mostly goes along with things for complex story reasons and aids him in this vast conspiracy to lure in people with the potential to be "a True Prince" to help them bring about a vague conceptual Revolution. Anthy will disguise herself to manipulate the ghost of a dead genius, but get pissed when Akio makes moves on her future gf, but she can't do anything to him so she takes out her anger on a different character by turning said character into a cow. Like seriously this isn't a shallow victim blaming thing the series is all about deconstructing that idea. She does try to get satisfaction in petty ways because that's the only power she has and ultimately she finally walks out on him to go find her gf in the Real World. There's also their movie versions where he drugs her so he can assault her, but when he realizes she's awake and was willing to let him do whatever, he has a tantrum because that makes her not a pure woman and he stumbles off the balcony to his death. Then his ghost(?) tries to crush her and her gf in a giant mobile car wash, so her gf turns into a car and they eventually lounge naked and kissing down the road to the future.

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Akio is a groomer and a rapist and he does not make an exception for family.

Tom and Jake Berenson

Tom is controlled by a yeerk. He is working to enslave humanity against his will. Jake is a child soldier, and at the end of the series makes his (also a child soldier) cousin Rachel go on a suicide mission to kill Tom, which she succeeds in.

[dolphs-world]

Blood Gulch Chronicles

The first two seasons of Red vs Blue are perfect for what they are, an early web sitcom. It's really fun watching how little growing pains there are. Just about everyone's personalities and voices are so well defined. But there are still growing pains, although these are not a pain to see happen. Donut especially evolves as a character, it's hard to imagine season five Donut throwing that frag grenade. Caboose says the phrase "why buy the cow when the milk is free?". Even half a season later, he would never say that. As soon as he kills Church, his voice and personality become what we now of it today. And Sarge's voice changes a little. And that's really it, these first two seasons are perfect. And then the ending of season two, they have to join forces and Tucker finds out that they're conflict has all been a lie. This is the strongest ending of any season from this era.

Season three starts of with a bang, showing new character pairings whilst ramping up the conflict and introducing new aspects like Wyoming and the players from the real world. Even when they get to Halo 2, the story is real fun and is still all about RvB. Then Church goes back in time. Him interacting with Lopez and the audience meeting Butch Flowers is great stuff, great time travel shenanigans. Then the next half an hour is stuff we've already seen before, a glorified clip show. Why would a web series need a clip show? And it is revealed that Church is quote "the team killing fucktard". All of the time travel stuff robs the first two seasons of any narrative weight and, whilst the final shot is a very nice quiet moment with Sheila, the moral is that you can't change anything. And Church doesn't reveal any of this to anyone, only him and us the audience know. So what was the point of that? And this is when I think RvB enters a bit of a rut. A little aside, I have previously seen most of RvB, up to season 10. I remember some of the stuff from later that reframes this whole arc but I am entering this viewing without any later context. I am watching Blood Gulch in a vacuum, as I would if only this arc existed and nothing else. The worst revelation, which I know they get change their mind on, is Tucker's discovery. Apparently, now, the conspiracy about RvB is false. So, you've told us a season ago that there was the conspiracy, implying that this season is going to explore that and the conclusion is that it was a mistake. That's my issue with the rest of Blood Gulch. All setup with no payoff. Like the prophecy stuff in season four, it ends with the alien dying and Blue team deciding to return home. Half of your show, the A plot, is serious plotting that isn't fun or compelling to watch. And the Red team, the B plot, the stuff that's fun to watch is framed as not important. Admittedly, season five is much better than the last two. Both teams have equal importance and they both further the plot. But it's clear that the writers have broken the structure of the show. They can't return to the sitcom of the first era. And the ending falls into the traps of the last two seasons, focusing primarily on the Blues with the Red team in thrown to the wasteside. Whilst the stuff with Tucker is cool and I know the ending is supposed to be a cliffhanger, I just don't find the mystery of Tex defecting compelling. I know that's what a cliffhanger is, but I just found it so tired. I don't know how else to put it.

And then it's implied that Tucker was right about there being a conspiracy? I don't know, it's frustrating to watch. The show went from RvB to BLUE! (Red may be included). And it sucks, that set up to season three is so strong with them joining forces and new pairings show up. And they want to change the shows direction but just keep giving as the same stuff. Without knowing what happens next season, I would be seriously worried about this show. And that's the thing, most people prefer seasons 6-13, with the engaging plot and the focus on lore and what not. But if I had only seen the plot of seasons 3-5, I would not be hopeful.

A show changing is fine and I remember really liking the rest of the show. I just find it funny that the first two seasons don't really have growing pains but to when they decide that they want to be a sci-fi drama rather than a sitcom, that's when the growing pains set in. From what I've seen of the miniseries from this arc, I know the writing is going to get better. I just hope Red team is as much of focus. Hell, I hope Tucker and Caboose don't end up in the shadow of church. To end on a more positive note, Blood Gulch is about a bunch of people who hate each other being stuck together. But I find it fun to see whom actually likes one another. Everyone on Blue team really like Donut, which is really funny because of how no one on Red team respects him. Caboose likes Church, and deep down Church likes Caboose. And deep down, Church and Tucker like one another. But funnily enough, Caboose doesn't like Tucker? And Church doesn't like Simmons? I just find this stuff funny. Like in It's Always Sunny, another show about a group of people who hate one another, it's very clear that deep down Mac and Charlie, and Charlie and Dennis like each other. I don't know, it's fun.

I do like RvB and I did like a majority of the Blood Gulch Chronicles, 70% of it if you do the math. I just found the story stuff not compelling.

[kollector-of-stims]

Cows vs Aliens: Bubbles! Boba tea cow!

I only saw this one mystery pack when I went to look for them, and I LOVE IT! They're the same brand as the Cats vs Pickles weighted plush!

Here's a small comparison too:

[crystalized-dreams]

Cats vs Pickles: Gold Wave pushed back to Fuchsia

Cats vs Pickles: Gold Wave pushed back to Fuchsia

Recently announced earlier this week on Cepia’s official Facebook Group for Cats vs Pickles was that the rest of Gold Wave (which would have likely been Sets F, G, and H) have been pushed back to Fuchsia Wave, which honestly, if they are going the way of smaller waves/batches overall, I’m not too bothered by. I’m just happy information has been shared and the designs themselves haven’t been…

[susan-enthusiast]

I watched the directors commentary of Monsters Vs Aliens last night and now it's one of my favorite things ever. I absolutely love hearing about things that I didn't know about the movie.

Here's some of my favorite things that I learned from the commentary:

There was a completely different script for the movie, the monsters where originally going to escape Area Fifty something. (This version is on the PS2 game I believe.)

When Derek broke up with Susan, she was originally going to go on a rampage in Modesto in a rage. GOOD FOR HER GIRL!!!

The porage in Susan's opening scene in the prison? Yeah that was Shreks swamp mud.

The cows you see taken into the facility, they use those in the Bee movie

Paul Rudd (Derek), cringed saying some of his lines because he absolutely hated Derek

The directors where really proud with Susan's hair, it took a while to perfect

Speaking of her hair, she originally was going to wear her hair up but the directors said that costed too much money so they kept it down

That scene where she was kinda hit with the meteorite, and she goes 'OUUUGH' wasn't Reese, they had a separate woman do that.

On the topic of Reese, she was shown the scene where Susan's being chased by the robot and they asked her to do grunts, yells, and groans for the scene, so as she was watching the clip, she was doing the sounds as the scene played so they just have a 60 minute what they called 'Reese Witherspoon workout' lmao

Mama Dietl is voiced by one of the directors, I forgot his name, but he actually has one thumb shorter then the other, which I thought was funny

The grandma playing the piano? Yeah that was an unused male Shrek character they just put hair and eyelashes on

The scene where Gallaxhar is drinking the coffee or tea in his ear was originally going to be him lowering the cup of tea/coffee below the camera then he spits it out. The directors watched that and where like Ooooooh, uh, no I don't think we should do that.....

Well, those are the ones I remember! Enjoy these, if you didn't know some of them.

[bodyhorrorbeatdown]

Body Horror Beatdown, Match 6, Round 2

Vote for your favorite:

Propaganda under the cut.

Jacob's Ladder:

The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming.

"This movie was an inspiration for silent hill and it shows ! The creature are very disturbing and even more than we never really know where they come from and they can arrive everywhere from a party to the window of the subway. And the threat of the protagonist becoming like them is present even if it isn't the main threat of the movie. I also really appreciate that they're not use just to be gross and repulsive but to actually be eery and disturbing. Also this movie is just an incredible gem to be watched"

Eraserhead:

Be warned. The nightmare has not gone away...

"Just like look at that thing"

"The Eraserhead baby is my sweet sweet darling baby angel and *I* think it's a delightful little cutesit. I do understand why people think the prop that MIGHT have been made out of a rabbit carcass but no one's sure because David Lynch won't tell is gross tho"

"what was the baby made out of in eraserhead? truth is, no one knows. I'm fairly certain david lynch himself has no clue, and the only reason he acts so mysterious about it is because he doesn't remember. the current most reliable theory is that it was a cow fetus (keyword: theory) but what the fuck? david had people purposefully wear blindfolds on set so that they wouldn't see the actual prop being prepared for filming. he says he "buried it" somewhere in a field after the production wrapped. who "buries" a film prop???? i mean, if anyone, it would be dave alright. the baby invokes a sense of body horror like nothing else, because it looks genuinely so alien and just wrong in every way. sure, there's no bombastic gore, no truckloads of blood nor puddles of liquified organs, but the stupid fucking baby more than makes up for it. and on top of that you get a GREAT movie from a GREAT director. I love david lynch so much it's unreal and you should too. it is his most spiritual movie, he says. when asked to elaborate on that he just said "no"."