#re-seal

[softpawpup]

seal blue stimboard !!! i loved making this !!! this is for all those regressors who identify with seals in any capacity !! this is for YOU !!! and for anyone else who just likes seals or blue yknow but mainly FOR SEAL REGRESSORS I LOV U!!! making stimboards is addicting man....

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: Unblastable

[fungimoth]

TAZ ABNIMALS!

some design notes:

Roger has an udder because they made some gags about it so he’s officially a trans icon now I think.

Lyle has scars from all of the times he’s regenerated, and also traces of cosmic iodine in his neck where he was injected by a careless redditor.

Navy’s armor is similar to that of a sailor boy… for Griffin McElroys stolen valor kink of course.

[sleepyminty]

One of my favorite and most ironic thing i learn from the Astrea family is that the living legend of the family as well as the world Reid Astrea, despite being their ancestor, doesn’t have spouses or descendants. The one that continue the bloodline was Toska, which he has aboslutely no idea that glorious asshole was his brother. And Divine Protection Of the Sword Saint didnt exist before the eventually passing of Reid. Meaning Reid’s power and notoriety is so widespread and broken af that Od Lagna deadass ‘blessed’ the entire lineage of the Astrea of what could be the equivalent of ‘the power your deadbeat drunk uncle who come around 2 christmas to deliver one of the most offensive shit coming from his mouth’ so that the world could have another ‘Reid Astrea’

Jeez no wonder this family is fucked their model is a scoundrel who kill flying lizard for funsies

[cresentagere]

𝕯𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖞 𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖇𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘!

𝔉𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𓆉

I was originally gonna skip this day but I was really looking forward to it and we're nearing the end of the challenge, so I decided to continue with my streak. And here's my animal, just a simple seal who I love :)

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[foxxypaws]

how to feel more like a seal ! 🦭

laying on your stomach

flapping your arms a lot

eating fish foods

rain sounds

swimming

seashells

toy balls

rolling over

belly pats

fish themed toys

rock collections

water parks

bucket hats (don't ask why, its just the vibe)

howling

splashing

lettuce

white / Swade blue clothes

long-sleeved shirts

beaches

longggg bath time

[untitledstim]

ciel phantomhive stimboard for anon !!

⤷ psd , div | 1, 2, 3, - 4, 5, 6, - 7, 8, 9.

[tubapun]

Now that TAZ Abnimals has concluded, and we know all we can know about the characters, I think it's a good time to ask the question:

Feel free to tell me why you feel the way you do!!

[softpawpup]

— big bro!caregiver & seal pup!gender neutral!outdoorsy reader ; heading home

spending the day at the beach with your big brother was always the best. you had collected shiny rocks, flopped around on the sand, made lots of funny sounds. you had even seen big grown up seals on some of the rocks beyond the shore. you had watched them closely mimicked their movements every now and then. your big bro had watched and chuckled and cheered you on, telling you how good of a seal you were. but the wind on the beach had grown cold and big bro decided it was time to go home. you sit in the car, window rolled down and head partially out the window. you smile and let the wind cool your face. it had been a wonderful day at the beach. and big bro promised more playtime once you got home.

[aliusfrater]

[snarp]

I am in the kitchen with my cats. I open a can of tuna. Three cats begin yelling. I only have two cats.

[imminent-danger-came]

Possible thought about Qi Xiaotian in relation to the fact that he and broken memories make similar sounds- he is a memory.

A memory of Sun Wukong given life. Here's my evidence:

While he did come from a stone egg, we never actually see that egg in reality, just in the memory scroll.

One of Wukong's most used powers is shape-shifting, and that is still used. But Wukong has a long history of shifting into human guises, and we never see him do that- Macaque does it, changing both into Xiaotian in his debut episode and the puppet master. It may be possible that Wukong hasn't done that in the present because he doesn't need to, but there's not even a mention of it in glimpses at the past

All the mirror parallels between Xiaotian and Wukong

And that's my only pieces of evidence. My other theory is that it's a side effect of having his monkey woken up inside the scroll when you probably should have done that anywhere else.

(Post anon is referencing!)

So, I think it's pretty clear by this point that MK is connected the scroll is some shape and form. Both times he enters the scroll, it emanates from him (which MK distinctly notices the second time):

(4x02 Familiar Tales)

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(4x11 A Lifetime of Mistakes)

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In s4, we also have the gang embody/meet their past counterparts: Tang becomes Tripitaka, Pigsy becomes Zhu Ganglie, Sandy becomes Sha Wujing, and Mei meets Ao Lie, but MK....MK meets the curse. That's the reflection of himself he comes across.

In 4x02, this is how Azure describes the scroll/curse:

Azure Lion: "[The scroll of memory is] a prison, designed to contain wicked souls, forcing them to relive their past misdeeds over and over again, for all eternity. In order to contain it's prisoners, a powerful protective curse was cast upon the scroll to prevent those in prison from escaping, and ensnare any who would seek to free those locked inside, trapping them forever. Left unchecked, that curse would have spread, consuming everything until nothing remained."

So, the scroll/curse forces you to re-experience memories, but for MK it tries to encourage him to give into Chaos and pushes him to the brink to reveal his Monkey Identity.

MK is a reflection/mirror of Wukong, yes, but there's also this other aspect to him we've never quite touched on. His eyes go blue on occasion, he interacts strangely with the Lady Bone Demon's powers, he seems to be associated with memory (LBD's og plan was to "undo" the memories of the world, and to use MK to do it).

MK being a warped memory of Wukong isn't necessarily off the table, but I do lean against it because of this scene:

This is what Scroll Subodhi asks MK to "remember" about his childhood. It's a memory that's linked to his creation, in some way.

And right now, I'd posit that MK is part underworld/scroll/memory, and part Wukong/the stone.

Wukong wasn't able to defeat the Jade Empeor, he says so himself (and so does the plot lol):

Sun Wukong: "But don't worry—I almost beat the Jade Emperor single handed once!" (4x12 The Plan Man)

But then soon after, Wukong makes this claim:

MK: "Ne Zha's right—while Azure has the Jade Emperor's power and the scroll, there's NO way we could beat him head on!" Sun Wukong: "I mean, some of us could beat him! *ahem* One of us, specifically-" MK: "Nope! None of us at all."

(4x12 The Plan Man)

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Wukong isn't talking about himself here. He's talking about MK, and how MK could beat the Jade Emperor single handed. MK then quickly denies it, wanting to ignore this part of himself. Then in 3x13 MK pushes Azure to his absolute limits, causing Azure to go berserk and almost destroy everything. Had MK not been thrown out of his Monkey Form, I have no doubt that he really could have defeated the Jade Emperor—which makes him terrifyingly more powerful than Wukong.

One of my biggest questions pre-s4 was how MK got his powers, and why exactly he was so strong (particularly when facing the Samadhi Fire, something that's world-ending). Monkey Form explains some things, but we haven't gotten to the real meat of MK's origins yet, which I'm excited for.

[azuremliam]

Myriaxanthus

Ever get that feeling when you see time and space itself start forming- and you think everything is so beautiful and amazing- to the point that you want to have a chance to be apart of something gorgeous and new no matter what?

And the desire to be apart of it is so strong that you devour the very essence and existence of your fellow Monsters into yourself, just so you can become powerful enough to go through with a plan to find a loophole to be reincarnated as a mortal just so you can experience life and death?

Does your very name strike terror in those that escaped your feast?

No? Just a Myriaxanthus thing? Okay then.

Anyways this is who Liam was originally, a menace to their fellow monsters with their obsession to consume and accumulate their powers to form a faux soul vessel for their essence.

They were massive enough that they'd be to curl around and cover an entire planet if they wanted to.

Their plan was not to devour a Catalyst Comet, but to copy cat them in a way. After gorging on their fellow kin they merged themselves as energy into the earth's core when the planet was just beginning to form. And promptly went dormant much to many other remaining Primordial Monsters and Cosmic Entities' relief.

That is until humans waged war on each other and unintentionally triggered Myriaxanthus' plan into action.

Their plan worked! The burst of energy they collected throughout the eons forged themself a durable faux soul vessel that they crammed all their energy into and successfully got "reincarnated" by Life!

Sorta. They were kinda along for the ride not really having a say of what their new body could do besides a small piece of themself that gained its own consciousness. It was like joining a game and being stuck in spectator mode. They were happy with the turnout though.

After all they got to see their new "self" experience life! Big whoops on causing a major planetary apocalypse though- that wasn't on their game plan. Unlike many of their kin though, they tried "fixing" Earth right before the soul sealing which led to it doubling in size because they rushed it.

[stingslikeabee]

@sharpsuite sent: [ sleepy ] sender places soft kisses over receiver’s closed eyelids ( from Ann 🥺 )

[ from sealed with a kiss . accepting ]

Sleeping in the Borderland was a luxury.

It wasn't as if Melissa had been leading a normal life before being transported to that strange, twisted version of Tokyo all of a sudden - a foreigner making ends meet as a hostess was just a step away from getting involved with the average yakuza or some shady business, not to mention the real addiction risks in relation to alcohol and other substances.

But all these dangers seemed like child's play comparatively to the Borderland and its deadly games. It had been mostly out of luck that the woman had survived the first few - pretending she didn't speak the language worked in her favor, and the ex-hostess managed to get by until she heard the name 'Beach'.

Surely it wasn't the same one she was familiar with...?

Eventually Melissa found out that the owner of that form of paradise in the Borderland was none other than Takeru himself, going by 'Hatter'. He had been moderately famous within the nightlife scene in Tokyo, but nothing like the present, praised and worshipped like a king. It had been a good thing he somehow remembered the place that Melissa hostessed for once, making her acceptance process much faster within his ranks.

But the true treasure at the Beach was Ann - the former forensics specialist was the brains of the entire operation, and while many partied by the pool and drunk whatever supply of booze they found in town, Ann was calculating, planning and organizing. She was the person keeping so many of them alive - and it was really fortunate that Melissa had her. More than a comfort, it was the type of connection she had never truly experienced before.

People had always wanted the foreign woman as some sort of commodity - they paid for her company and to hear the practiced honeyed words; but Ann had no use for these things in a world turned upside down. That someone as incredible and amazing as her still decided to share a bed with Melissa and to cover her face with soft kisses was a miracle in itself.

Only the small, butterfly-like touches had the ex-hostess blinking into consciousness, smiling at the familiar visage of her girlfriend (perhaps bold of Melissa to assume as much in the face of no proposal being made; but she fancied Ann would say 'yes' when she did pop the question). Smiling softly, the western girl reached out to the other woman, tracing the lines of her face before sliding fingers to the side, burying them in the dark, straight hair and pulling the former police officer in for a proper kiss.

"Good morning," she murmured in English but kept them close enough, just so she could peer into Ann's beautiful dark orbs above her, "I haven't slept this deeply in forever. I can't believe we have more than two weeks on our visas because of you," the ex-hostess mused, back to Japanese, knowing that the game they played last night had been won solely because of Ann - a seven of diamonds, the type of puzzle that would have petrified many... And yet almost a hobby for Ann.

It was thanks to the Japanese woman that Melissa boasted such comfortable days on her visa - they could afford to linger in bed, forget about the world and just enjoy each other as if reality wasn't crumbling around every player.

"You are keeping me alive in here, Ann-chan. I think you deserve a reward," Melissa proposed with a sly curve of lips, kissing the other woman again and slowly enveloping her figure with both arms, all so she could gently reverse positions and take the lead for a moment, unbothered about the activities awaiting for them outside, "Let me take care of you before breakfast."

[bizville]

This is killing me so fucking bad. That's my omega and he knows it.

[quality-on-a-patch-of-awesome]

A not subtle nod to the fact that David Boreanaz does the worst driving acting known to man.