#earth kin

[otherkinotd]

Today's otherkin of the day is c!Momboo, who is landkin 🌎

-requested by anon

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I CURSE YOU WITH LOVE FOR CREATIONISM

what an odd thing to say to a Jewish paleontologist

did you know

young earth creationism was never the jewish interpretation of that text; those jews today who believe it have been influenced by xtians. classic commentary showcases vagueness as to the timing of the creation event, with one talmudic commenter suggesting the time may have been millions of years

YEC'ism, as a result, is filled with antisemitism, as many philosophies that require jewish people to be wrong about their own books are

not a single aspect of the Torah is meant to be taken literally. it is a multifaceted work where higher level interpretations are the bulk of the meaning of the text (Pardes method)

many jewish scholars over the years have pointed out how living things change over time

the amount of evidence we have that the earth is 4.6 billion years old and the universe 13 billion years old is overwhelming

the amount of evidence we have that living things have changed over long periods of time is overwhelming

the amount of evidence we have that populations change over short periods of time (which would then add up to those long changes) is overwhelming

the amount of extremely accessible evidence we have that evolution via natural selection happens is greater than the evidence we have for the force of gravity

many things we deal with today, in our anatomies, geographies, and ecologies, are only explicable with a knowledge of deep time

understanding evolution has been linked with more tolerant attitudes and a better ability to critically evaluate new information (ie, if you're a young earth creationist, you are more likely to be racist and stay that way)

understanding evolution is key to actually fixing many social and ecological problems and ignoring it is, in fact, a self defeating action

the history of the earth is not actually a debatable subject. people who believe in young earth creationism are one thing: delusional.

anyways, I know you didn't read any of that, so have fun sticking your head in a pile of sand. Ostriches don't do that, but you do.

[hooffuloftootsierolls]

THE WAY HE HOLDS HIS WINGS AT HIS SIDES LIKE A BIRD INSTEAD OF AGAINST HIS BACK HE'S SO SILLY OMG

[silusvesuius]

nnnnnnnnnnnnno maa'am

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

[sesamenom]

co-high kings galadriel & celeborn

since elrond doesn't want the kingship, galadriel & celeborn are the eldest in middle-earth of the lines of Olwe and Elmo respectively. olwe is older but hes the king of the teleri not specifically doriath sindar so there might be some dispute between which line the sindarin high kingship jumps to, but they very conveniently happen to already be married and so can skip all that and just be twice the headache for sauron

[girlkisserr]

sadly i cant think of a funnier caption

[gayrathatata]

Eclipse just like me fr.

I also only like Earth x)

[marblerose-rue]

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the planes of existence

[afterartist]

Dumb little WIP shots from an animatic I’m making cause I recently got a few of my friends into SolarBalls and I need to express my adoration for this fandom somehow-

[artaintfartwarriors]

[notokbutthriving]

If I didn't like girls I would probably have the biggest crush on Solar

[v-rtue]

BUNNY iCONS !

For Day O2 of @tirxie's 100+ Event.

F2U. Reblog + Cred is Appreciated.

[veveisveryuncool]

adeleine <33 she invades my brain with her stupid artist whims and human angst so. her <3

[the-ultimate-tsbs-kin]

Tsams fans: can you BELIEVE some ppl are shipping Sun and Moon??? Like that's so weird and gross

Me who is literally Lunar and can remember Sun and Moon absolutely being a couple: *awkward silence*

[thatsmybreadandbutter]

We talk often about the "deth" and other powers...