#fish cat the battle cats

[stitchthelilo]

i like fish cat :)

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Eddie definitely has like a stack of books he got from the library when he was like 14 and just never returned. The books are on fish and the underwater world because Eddie is a huge marine biology nerd

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

waking up means starting the day's long battle of fighting to stay conscious

[inbarfink]

[lucilassie]

All sweat, all summer 💪 🐟

Model: @weirdfandomchick (Purradise Meowscles)

[summerroseart]

Made myself a sona since I've been here for three years now, and don't see the hyperfixation fading any time soon, so why not?

Also bonus sketch: I mobianized my cat because I wanted to.

He's my little baby boy. He's scared of the sound of rain and his own collar. He WILL bite your hand and kick your shin if you get too close, and would probably blow up a car if left unsupervised, so I figured it was best to include him so I could keep an eye on him.

[aerchara]

fish?? FISH????? THE THE BRAINF IDSH !!

[ancient-cats-unite]

Platinum Ticket Draw!!

[screamsofanoutlawbrain]

Behold

My son

[notdogice]

Zombie Cat.

Devil Cat.

Skelecat.

Devil cat is one of my personal favourites when it comes to the design itself. He's got the hair, wings, tail, claws and the PANTS. He also has a very jack-o'-lantern-esque face and not to mention the beard. This cat has it all. Oh and I guess Skelecat exists I guess.

[filibuster-obstructa]

Day 7 of drawing battle cats as warrior cats

fish cat, or Ivoryjaw (most whale teeth are made of dentin [ivory]).

Classic grizzled old senior warrior who's seen it all, fairly jaded, and respected and feared by most. has a quite rapport with Stoneguard. this one was the most fun to draw :>

[dilfslayer1080p]

Anyone got 3D printer tips I made a bad payday decision again

[nekoisadumbname]

starts thinking again about my Extrasensory pokemon trainer idea that was just... a cat.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Lesson 7: "That's the Black one!"- Imagery and "Black-Coded" Characters

Now, you see me writing it!! I'm writing the lesson on Black-coded, non-human characters!! Y'all better go tell your friends and reblog, y'all been asking me forever about it!

This one was a bit hard for me to write. It didn't feel… New. It felt like a regurgitation of everything I'd already discussed. I was honestly confused every time people sent me questions; I thought we all understood how it worked. But I realized: that's not a bad thing! We can consider this an application of everything we've learned so far, because that’s all coding is, is an application!

The Definition

Coding (in media): giving a character or a group certain traits (physical or cultural experiences) that are similar to/that of a real-world specific group, without explicitly saying this fictional group is the real-world group. One may or may not mean to do it in their writing (which is where the opportunity for racist stereotype can leak in).

E.g., “queer-coded characters” gets used a lot on Tumblr; whether accurate or not, it is understood to mean that the blogger sees their/a queer identity portrayed by that character, or that the character was written with ‘queer’ traits in mind. Another example; Darwin Watterson is a goldfish in a world with no humans, but Darwin is Black-coded. The Fishmen in the One Piece Live Action are fantastical creatures, but they are Black-coded (of a very specific type of Black person; even!)

Youtuber KermitCurry explains and reinforces what I’m also going to explain here, but with a cool drawing of (the gorgeous) Grimmjow. She’s a Black artist and animator; go check her out and support her!

Here is a list of a few characters both canonically and Black-fanonically Black-coded:

When Coding Characters as Black

To keep it simple: if the rules apply when designing and writing a Black character, the same rules apply when designing and writing a Black-coded character! The moment you decided that this nonhuman entity was going to resemble a human group of people, you were obligated to be aware of the cultures and stereotypes of those people!

You can’t have a Black-coded character, emphasize a stereotype of Black people, and then say “oh, well, it’s not actually racist because they’re actually a cat-wolf creature!” Yes, it is. You’re still being racist, and upon noticing or being told, there’s no need to be defensive about it- just acknowledge ‘ah yes, I’ve messed up, I'm sorry for my actions’ and then actively work towards a better design or writing that does not include those things.

Example: Hair

Let’s say you want to draw hair on a fish-like Mer species, and you want them to be Black-coded. It would still be racist to give that Mer-woman pickaninny hair, even if "well they're not really Black!" You could find fancy fish scales or seaweed or something fish related to draw ‘Black hair textures’, so that we understand what it’s visually supposed to represent while still being fantastical. Or a robot! Someone mentioned tubes for locs, and you could do curly wires for twists. It's possible! Get creative!

I’ve been asked numerous times about Black hair on furries. Not that I’m the most educated on furries or furry culture- I am not- but they’re already anthropomorphic animals that talk, have human hobbies and habits, and often have pretty rainbow colors. It should not, then, warrant a complaint of “unrealistic” if you respectfully add Black hairstyles to them.

Example: Species

The point about furries actually brings up another good point. Watch out when you're coding Black characters on animals or animal-like species. Often people will have the “dark-skinned, struggling with balancing their humanity monster” Black/Black-coded, and the “pale skinned monster that somehow understands this battle more than them and can save them from themselves”. This is rooted in racist imagery.

I have mentioned it before in response to an ask, but if the only people you find yourself coding as your ‘monkey/animal/monster/beast’ creations are Black and/or dark-skinned, you are- however intentional it is or isn’t- replicating a racist, dehumanizing pattern in league with King Kong and ‘ravishing the white woman/body’. I’m not inherently ‘rugged and masculine’ as a queer Black woman, thus meant to be pushed into the werewolf role. Black men aren’t beasts that can’t control their violent impulses, thus meant to be pushed into the animalistic role. Why do you think Black bodies being beast-like is sexy? Why do you think we are not physically capable of delicacy? Of gentility?

This doesn’t mean that Black characters can’t be werewolves or those sorts of creatures- but you need to be writing/designing with intent, and that means recognizing when you just ‘thought it looked cool’, and that thought turned out to be a racist belief upon further reflection.

Example: Skin

Let’s say your demon species has dark grey skin bc they're rock people or something- yes, the grey skin is because it's a demon species, we recognize that it's not desaturated brown skin. Fine. But God forbid that this grey-skinned ashen group of Black-coded characters are the unequivocal villains? And everyone else that isn’t Black-coded are the ‘good guys’? But ‘it’s okay, because they’re not Black, they’re grey!’? Yes, this is still racism. There’s no getting out of it.

Example: Intelligence

If your Black-coded species is the one that is ‘less cultured’, ‘talks funny’, supposed to be ‘stupid’, or in need of some good (white) character to ‘change their ways and become better people’… Just don't do that. I should not have to say this. Black people are not less intelligent, or ‘more inclined to brawn over brain’, 'more likely to act out of instinct', ‘in need of more education/direction’, or every other reason that was used to justify our enslavement and now, present arrest and imprisonment rates.

Example: Culture

This segues from my last point on intelligence. There’s arguments on coding species that are meant to be "savage" or "inhuman", giving them stereotypical loin cloths or tattered clothes and having them "need to be saved". Now, I'm not informed enough about D&D to make valuable commentary on the existence and history of orcs. However, if you've decided to create an Orc culture, and it's clear that your imagery is taken from Black and/or Indigenous cultures, in addition to the language of savagery and white saviorism itself… That's extremely racist. And if you're thinking "Ice, of course no one would do that in 2024", Yes. Yes, they would. The bar is low, but don't ever assume people can't, don't, and won’t find a way to limbo under it.

Black and Brown people don’t need to be ‘saved’ from our own cultures or ‘introduced’ to anything. We don't need to be 'made better'. If that’s the narrative that you find yourself buying into while you write your story, Black or Black-coded characters, you need to step back and evaluate.

How This Imagery Lasts

Jim Crow Museum- Racist Cartoons and Anti-Black Imagery

This is obviously not everything I could put here as a example, but I wanted to offer a small example of how heinously racist imagery has made its way into the present. From depicting Serena Williams as an overgrown, childish, large-lipped Black woman (and whitewashing Afro-Japanese woman Naomi Osaka into the ideal, victimized blonde white woman), to Lebron James’ Vogue photo (this Black, married man now suddenly slave to the intensity of ball and white women for this cover), to the entirety of the Black Pete festival in the Netherlands.

This is imagery and behavior that evolves and lasts. What you put to paper will have an effect on someone else's ideas. You might not even think you believe these things, but someone looking at your art or reading your work will think you do! You should not want to be evoking any of this, coded or not, regardless of ‘if there’s a human involved’ because frankly… well, people already don’t see Black people as humans. We need to be treating our Black and Black-coded characters with care, and that means doing good research and avoiding replicating caricatures.

[toadeyes-miqote]

Shall I compare thee to a coeurl

*Still some inappropriate touching remains. Non-sexual but still inappropriate

Striding into the dining chamber, the jester of an Ascian pranced towards him, gleefully prattling away. Only a few words caught his interest as the prattling fool usher him towards their guest of honor.

Up-close he was disappointed to see her motionless in the chair. Subdued she was no different from a runt of a coeurl as he rubbed her furry ear between his fingers, resisting the curiosity to crush it while he remembers its texture.

Running his fingers down her face, he parted her lips to reveal the fangs. A savage beast indeed as he prodded the tip of her fang to test its sharpness, satisfied only when it drew blood from him. A gift to her to remember the taste of his blood, so she would come to him for more.  

The puny Ascian prattled on as he took his meal, even when she woke, she was unimpressed by how her body was stolen. He was disappointed by his uncharacteristic coyness, unable to look upon her in the body that the prattling fool forced her into. So after delivering his intentions to her, he proceeded to discard his own body to wear hers.

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Standing out in the ruin city, s(he) ignored the numbness of a constant, dull throbbing pressing against the bridge of h(is)er nose. S(he) unslung the bow from h(is)er back, feeling a different texture and design beneath the whimsical lute glamour, mayhaps a Bismuth Bow. Retrieving an arrow, s(he) fired it at the Magitek Slasher, drawing its ire.

Retrieving another arrow s(he) touch upon h(is)er aether, feeling a little giddy by the familiar strength and infusing too much into the arrow that it obliterated its target when it hit. It puzzled h(im)er, wondering if this the extent of h(is)er primitive skillset. Returning the primitive bow to h(is)er back, s(he) retrieved the Bismuth gunblade instead. A gunblade is a gunblade, it should serve its purpose for now.

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Two figures approached h(im)er from the direction of h(is)er camp. A half grown Elezen maid and a runt of Mqio’te no taller than h(im)er. Chattering away as if they knew h(im)er well. Was he h(is)er mate? Does s(he) prefer runts over healthy male specimen? And why is s(he) preoccupied with such frivolous thinking?

Vaguely s(he) recalled young Elezens hanging around h(im)er. It did not matter if she was the same one. All beasts strive to protect their young whenever threatened. S(he) touch upon h(is)er aether to summon forth h(is)er voidsent. There would be no mistaking who is wearing who's skin. Culling these two from h(is)er pack will do as well.

“ENOUGH ZENOS!!”

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"Kiddo!!" Alisaie gasped as Hylnnyan grabbed her in a firm, tight hug.

Before she could protest, she felt wet droplets upon her head and the Miqo’te was shaking lightly. She looked to Thancred for how to react. The gunbreaker gave her a look as if to tell her to accept and she slowly return the Mqo’te’s embrace.

She could feel the others momentarily looking away, save for Thancred, Estinien, G’raha and Lucia who kept on watching them. Were they worried about a recurrence? Should she say something? All she could do was stand there under their watchful eyes.

She felt someone coming in close, embracing the Miqo’te and herself included. Thancred’s voice was soothing and gentle. Another voice joined in, gruff with a low rumble. The two men who share the almost similar experience of having control of their bodies stolen away.

Realisation hit Alisaie from what she could catch of their words, Hylnnyan wasn’t crying over the violation. They were tears of relief that the youngest member of their team had to not come to harm from what would be her hands. 

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Yes Zenos, the lady has a cold based sinus problem, being in Garlemald’s cold made it worse. That thing about him having no affinity for her bard skills.

And uh... Can't help but think that Zenos tend to skip dialogue.

I don’t want to write like this again, its confusing. Mayhaps that’s what made Lahabrea fell off the deep end? Him going through too many people and their thoughts/souls melded with him and confusing him and stuff. I needs go read up some on Ascian possession.

Again. I had to calm down and remember how to Solid Snake and then the Microwave hall

I gotten rather fond of Alisaie from Kugane onwards. This pretty much cross a line where my Miqo’te is concern. I’m aware Alisaie is okay. But in certain sense the twins are technically the kids of the team.

Its partially why I dress my WoL differently, think of it as either Fandaniel changed or dispelled her glamour. Fandaniel seems to have picked up the same dinner as with Ayemeric. Devs are evil to prarallel like this.

Thanks G’raha for stepping between Z-Wol and Alisaie. G’raha I expect him to have a shielding or binding spell to use against Z-Wol. Yes G’raha got a pat and possibly a hug from this. And thank Alisaie for realising something is wrong with WoL. Yes they technically are her pack.

On a certain level I like that the two physical fighters and G'raha had form the first line against Z-Wol

Ah yes. Y'shtola, for someone who's good with giving unwanted opinion, since when has she turn coy? She pull an entire armed unit of Night's blessed on the First and here she could only comment with uncertainty to Urianger of all people? Why?!?! Have you learn nothing from the results of corrupted Aether?

Give me back Ryne, at least the young lady would speak up when she realise something is wrong with WoL

Oh hey coeurl colours. Was going for Revolver Ocelot's colors. Cactpot night at my Gold Saucer. Dancing and wave cheering for lols.

Thanks Zenos, you made it headcannon for me that my Azem (Helen) created coeurls

[ohnococo]

Pining Hiromi Higuruma HCs

(Hiromi Higuruma, pining away for you, his coworker. Except he's kind of a pervert about it.)

Hiromi Higuruma who always listens to your professional opinion, and makes sure to credit you to coworkers and higher ups.

Hiromi Higuruma who becomes your lunchtime venting buddy early on. Sometimes you’ll catch each other's eyes and he’ll give you that look that lets you know he has some shit he needs to say RIGHT now so it’s time to take a break.

Hiromi Higuruma who is happy to help you out off the clock because at least you give him something to look forward to during his stressful days. He really does want to support you in your career growth (among other things).

Hiromi Higuruma who takes turns with you buying each other lunch, then dinner when you have to order takeout for overtime. He knows your go-to order from every place that delivers to your office.

Hiromi Higuruma who looks ten times more stressed when you get back from any time off. His jokes get increasingly more serious about how you “can’t just leave me on my own like that” even when you aren’t working on the same things so your presence makes no difference. Except it does. To him. He feels like his head is going to explode from dealing with work all day without those little moments of relief from being around you.

Hiromi Higuruma who glares at anyone making jokes about him being your “work husband” because it’s unprofessional and “two people can just get along without there being something to it.”

Hiromi Higuruma who knows there absolutely is something to it because he’s so, so bad at not thinking indecent things about you all day long. He doesn’t even know if you’re flirting with him or if it's all in his head. What he does know is he can't bring himself to show restraint over how much time he spends with you in the office.

NSFW/18+ ONLY UNDER THE CUT

Hiromi Higuruma who, when you eventually bring up adding him on social media, takes weeks to add you back because he knows he can’t be trusted with access to a collection of pictures of you. He was already battling guilt over jerking off to the picture of you on your LinkedIn. It was so posed and styled that it barely looked like your day to day self but it was all he had outside of his imagination for months.

Hiromi Higuruma who feels like a disgusting fucking pervert when he makes a whole folder of saved pics that make his dick twitch after clicking through every single picture. Innocuous things like a photo of you sitting down, looking up at whoever was taking it with a twinkle in your eye - ammo enough for him to picture you looking like that on your knees in front of him. God help him if he finds a picture of you in a swimsuit, or anything more revealing than your work attire. He knows it's scumbag behaviour, and he knows it's risky having them on his phone because he'd look like a crazy person if someone ever saw him with a hidden collection of seemingly innocent pictures of you, but after months and months of pining he sometimes finds he has to lock himself in the bathrooms at work to stroke his cock looking at them. Especially if you've shown up wearing those heels.

Hiromi Higuruma who so helpfully accepts your request to house sit for you when you’re going to be gone for a week. All he needs to do is pop in to water some plants, maybe feed a cat or some fish, just generally check everything was in order. He knows from the second you leave your key with him that he will be an absolute freak about it too. The first time he goes over he finds himself looking in your dirty clothes hamper, heartbroken to find it empty. He doesn’t even finish the actual job he’d come there to do because he feels that fucking guilty for being a creep.

Hiromi Higuruma who, a day later, comes back, waters your plants, and settles for stealing a pair of clean panties to spend the rest of the week jerking off into. He’ll return them washed, right back where he’d found them, the day before you come home. And he'll miss them just as much as he hates himself for doing any of it in the first place.

Hiromi Higuruma who makes you second guess if he really liked you as much as you thought when he starts asking when you’re going on vacation next. It’s not that he doesn’t miss you while you’re gone… it’s that he can’t stop kicking himself for not rifling through your drawers to see what sex toys you use on yourself. 

Dating Co-Worker Hiromi Higuruma HCs