#mariner may

[pillowspace]

GIRLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT CYERCE ELEGANS

If Cyerce nigricans is a butterfly, then this is a fairy... Cyerce nigricans for comparison:

[urdreamygirl]

Autumn in the early 2010s 🍂🕯️🤍

Elena Gilbert, Aria Montgomery, late 2000s fall, early 2010s fall, pretty little liars, the vampire diaries

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Shout out to all artists who had to work without any strong direction or instruction.

I wish you a merry “the client likes it anyways”

[jellyfishmakeoutparty]

next time you make baseless claims about how scary sharks are, look at a salmon shark.

look at him. you’re gonna look at him and tell me he’s infesting our waters? that this is a creature of terror?

look at him. look at him real good. this is a little dude. how fucking dare you talk about him this way. he’s gonna cry now, look at what you did. bet you feel real fucking stupid, huh? real silly? you better. think about what you’ve done. bitch

[icys-junkyard]

Unova Battle Subway maps

My personal preferred map of the railways (one with blue markers, one with color coded markers)

An alternate map, taking the in-game subway map slightly more literally. (Bonus map with a few non-canon markers I added purely to help myself make sense of the seemingly pointless shapes of some of the routes)

Bonus extra map of the routes taken by Ingo, Emmet, or both of them, for those who want a more specific visual of those routes on their own. (Of course Emmet's line goes through the Pokémon World Tournament lmao)

Misc notes/thoughts under the cut

I'm not a train person, take all these musings with a grain of salt lol

Canon map note: I imagine this map only shows the large, intercity railways. Cities like Nimbasa, Castelia, etc likely have smaller, more complex subway lines all over the city like we tend to see IRL.

Canon map note 2: In an IRL setting, these rail lines are likely far less straight and angular than on these maps and could probably make a lot more sense if drawn with a freer hand and consideration for the landscape, but I tried sticking somewhat close to how it's presented in the game.

International (wi-fi) line: In the game it's the wi-fi line. In a non-game context I imagine this line is one that actually leaves Unova and goes to a neighboring region.

Subwayness: While not all of these lines are 100% underground like they might be in the cities, I like to think quite a few of them are partially or primarily in tunnels. Many lines go across water without a major bridge* on the map, or straight through harsh environments like mountains or deserts, some of which may be more convenient long term to go under rather than through. With the technology of the Pokémon universe, I imagine large stretches of underground train tunnels are entirely possible. (*Maybe there's smaller unshown bridges for the trains, but at least the line that goes right through Castelia's port to an island I'd like to believe could be underground under water)

Battle Subway: The Battle Subway itself likely only runs on these intercity lines.Assuming IRL distances rather than in game walking distances, depending on the length of the line, a lap or two could be a full days work for the bosses. Non-battle trains likely use these same tracks.

Anville Town: The branching path on the Anville line is strange, as it doesn't seem to point toward any known location. It could be pointing toward some unlabelled town or landmark, though I've seen some people posit that it stops at the Celestial or Dragonspiral towers (though they seem too far away for me to agree). My personal headcanon is that rather than the large branch shown on the original map, it's actually two branches going to Anville Town; a large alternate rail to help with rotating/moving trains going in and out of the rail yard there.

Pokémon World Tournament: Located in or very near Driftveil City, it was added in BW2 by Driftveil gym leader Clay. Considering Driftveil is a city, it could have multiple subway stations, one of which just happens to be close to the PWT. Alternatively, it could be a bit of a distance away and thus have it's own station.

PokéStar Studios: Located in or very near Virbank City. As the major intercity lines don't quite hit Virbank itself, I imagine Virbank only has one intercity station near the studio if it's within Virbank itself. That, or it has no intercity stations and one must travel the distance between Virbank and the studio to travel further.

Unity Tower: Literally this train goes through a port and right into the ocean to reach an island. This island is only accessible by boat. I'm convinced this train goes under the seafloor. That or it has a super cool Marine Tube situation where it's a subway tunnel, but the tunnel is transparent and the ocean and water pokémon can be seen out the train windows.

[wh40kartwork]

May The 4th Be With You

by Konstantin Void

[dailycephalopods]

may I see an argonaut?

Daily Cephalopod #156

[nmoroder]

after the modern meurcliff au stuff my mind slowly wandered towards the relationship of two very specific sinners. and i was actually surprised to find nothing on them... i honestly thought the whole bus has already been studied under a microscope (i might not be looking for content in the right places but anyways. i will not go searching on ex-twitter thats just not my ground)

sorry for the scribbly sketchy nature of these pics, i originally wasnt planning on posting them here but then it turned out pretty fun and i wont be polishing this post anyway.

[deuynndoodles]

[id: a colored, digital drawing of link and marin from link's awakening, drawn back to back. the way it's colored makes it appear surreal and dreamlike. marin stands in front, holding a hand up to her chest, singing with a pleasant smile on her face. she is framed by the light, casting a shadow over link. link is playing her ocarina, glancing over her shoulder to stare at marin with a pensive, sad expression. end id]

the isle of koholint is but an illusion

[eggroll-sama]

So we all know that Kuras sucks at cooking and honestly funny, but you would think someone as intelligent as Kuras would know how to cook. I think the developers did that on purpose tho, bc if you think about it, humans are the only animals that cook their own food, and the fact that Kuras, an angel that’s lived for centuries and probably the wisest and intelligent creature on the planet can’t cook to save his life, it just highlights how at the end of the day, he isn’t human.

[thecorruptedquietone]

Well when ya sink like a stone and ya misplace the anchor it's no wonder ya get used to keep the ship in place!

Day 1: Anchor for Mariner May 2024! Posted also on Twitter.

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

I still find it odd that some people get mad when you make the CoD characters cry in fics or hc because it’s like have you ever gotten close to a real life man before?

Sure, there’s the social standards that say men don’t cry (which is outdated and rooted in misogyny, sexism, and patriarchy bullshit btw) and that they shouldn’t but have you ever met a man irl before?

My dad cries. Not often, but he sobbed when we had to put my two elderly cats down, he cried when I went to university , actually he cried when all of my sisters went too. He cried when my uncle, his brother, died and any time I comforted him about it he would get choked up.

My brother in law has cried in front of me before when he lost friendships (no deaths but it was a bad friendship break up)

My old friend cried because of a break up he had and because of his horrible family situation…in class around other people

My point is, are the cod men going to cry at every little thing? No, but they’re human and if they care about those around them, and have personalities (which they do) when something happens, when something goes wrong and they break down they’re going to cry

So make them cry more in your fics not only for the realistic aspect but also so people stop being weird about men crying

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Daily fish fact #624

Comber!

These fish are simultaneous hermaphrodites, possessing both ovaries and testes! When spawning, one fish acts as male and one as female, but there have been cases of combers self-fertilising their own eggs if no mate is found.

[urdreamygirl]

But im just a girl

I see myself in them

[linkedspirit-fanartfunart]

[Image Description: A colored line-up of various Legend of Zelda characters for the Linked Spirit AU. The characters read left-to-right: "Marin, she/her, pre-Hyule Warriors" is a young redhead girl with a purple cloak and maroon and white dress. She has her hands politely held in front of her. "Groose, he/him, Skyward Sword" is a redheaded man with his hands on his hips, wearing a blue tunic and a green caplet. "Greg Moblin, he/him, LoZ 1" is a large gold bulldog like moblin holding a flower in his hands. He wears a red shirt and pants, with a green poncho. "Purah, she/her, Breath of the Wild" a young teenager wearing a black poofy skirt and a tan shirt and coat with red accents. She has a red streak in her white hair, posing with her hand next to her face. "Tulin, he/him, Breath of the Wild" is a pullet age white Rito with one arm as a wing and the other arm ends with a Wind Waker style hand and wing 'sleeve' "Aror, he/him, Twilight Princess, Crossbow Training" is a child Twili oc with red hair and wears a green over the shoulder wrap over a white tunic. "Midna, she/her, Twilight Princess" is a older Twili, with long fluffy ears wearing a black and teal collared cape, She wears a dark purple skirt with a grey fur trim and a wolf head belt clip on the side of her hip. "Medli, she/her, Wind Waker" is a teenaged white Rito, her red hair in a ponytail. She holds a hand to her chest. "Aryll, she/her, Wind Waker" is a young teen with her hand raised excitedly. She wears a purple skirt with a skull pattern, and a blue shirt with flower patterns. She has the Wind Waker's starter sail wrapped around her waist. "Ol' Niko, he/him, Wind Waker, Spirit Tracks" is an elderly man, smiling with his hands on his cane. He wears a red and white stripped shirt with a blue vest. "Gulley, he/him, A Link Between Worlds" is a blond child wearing Link's Cap and a matching green vest over his yellow tunic. He has his hands on his hips. "Ravio, he/him, A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds" is a teenager with dark hair that fades into light blue. He waves, winking, wearing a floor length purple robe and dark purple blue. "Grandpa Smith, he/him, Minish Cap, Four Swords Adventures" is a greying beared man, drying his hands on a cloth. He wears a long leather apron over his green tunic, and wears a green bandana. "Skull Kid, he/him, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask" is a Skull Kid wearing a orange hat and tunic, with green shorts, collar, and gloves. He has a v like mark on his forehead. He holds up a horned skull mask in front of him. "Lady Alma, she/her, Wand of Gamelon" is a young woman with short red hair and a tiara. She raises a hand to her chin dantily, wearing a teal shirt and darker teal skirt. End ID]

A few "NPCs"

I can't say ALL of them will make an appearance in the comic, actually, but these are NPCs that are important to the Links, in one way or another, while also having a few significant design differences from canon (thus why no Linebeck or spryte lol.)

[g0nefischin]

MERSKELES Part 2!

Some new guys based on a few requests, and I also cleaned up the last batch so I threw them in too

Some lore under the cut

So Blue is a dolphin! Very energetic, friendly, and social, just like Blue :> I made him a spinner dolphin in particular because they are a bit smaller than other dolphins, and just like their name they are very acrobatic and spin in the air!

Reaper is a blue ring octopus, I actually was going through a bunch of options for what I wanted to him to be. Thought about doing a box jellyfish for a bit because they also kill things they touch, but I reallllly love octopi so this species won out. Blue ring octopuses are extremely venomous, with enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes, Ouchie.

Geno is an oarfish, a very long fish that lives deep in the twilight zone. I picked an oarfish since they are somewhat of a death omen, rumored to show up before disasters. Since Geno's constantly in a state of death, I thought It would fit. ALSO just as an aesthetic thing I liked the contrast with the red fins against the blue, thought the long fins on their heads really matched his scarf as well.

Last post lore is here if you want an explanation on the bottom guys