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Is that not just ebony dark’ness dementia raven way

Shopkeeper Juliet from The Bleakest Keep

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I was thinking about this post again while drawing and ended up doodling this shit from memory

I really hope if we ever get to see Wander’s species in future episodes they will be all peaceful and folky like Wander, and chances are we might see Wander’s actual canon parents and/or siblings when that day comes, but i couldn’t help, but make my own pair of parents plus siblings for Wander. Annabelle is a nice and caring person that often loves picking berries and gathering other foods for her family, while Miles is the typical dork dad the loves playing with his kids and taking long hikes through the wilderness. I do have some info about Lance and Hilary, but i’ll save that til next time. Also Wander is the runt of the litter and i’m calling it!

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I KNOW this is an old post but it has my favorite human Noelle and Berdly designs because it acknowledges that a) Noelle is tall and has a long head and b) Berdly has a wide chest. Look at their sprites and tell me to my face why nobody else draws them how they actually look

humans?? in my monster game?? more likely than u think

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That ravager design is genuinely disturbing I love it

Illager vs Piglin

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The Minecraft fall damage sound is so funny to me. Like what do you mean it’s literally just your ankles snapping on impact

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Feeling conflicted about celebrating 4th of July given the current state of this country so instead I’m wishing a happy birthday to Hetalia America

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Btw I’m on Art Fight so if any of you want free cartoon art this July you know where to go

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I’m so fucking done what have I become

Marukaite chikyuu, bitches

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This old random encounters song is literally just Hater and Peepers

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There was a kid in high school who drove me up the fucking wall and the way I phrased it to my mom was “have you ever known someone who you constantly want to tell to shut the hell up but you don’t actually have anything against them”

In my opinion it's a lot more healthy to be able to own that you dislike someone for petty reasons than to do all kinds of mental gymnastics to make everyone you don't really vibe with out to be a bad person actually

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The victory curls are 😚🤌 chef’s kiss

eons ago i had an anon request WWII femUSUK, despite myself i was intrigued 🤷‍♀️

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I started watching Hetalia, huge fan, irl this country is making an absolute ass out of itself but guess who ended up being my favorite character despite everything

original

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hetalia characters as toilets photos

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…Wow, tumblr really sucks at gif compression. pls full view this if you can.

ANYWAY. I’ve been asked a few times what my troll headcanons are, and as someone who is squicked by the common one you see around I decided to make my own! With bonus glowy bits.

You see, trolls live on a planet that orbits a red giant. Daytime is far too hot for most lifeforms to survive in, so most life evolved to be nocturnal. This includes trolls. And you know what ends up developing in low-light situations as a means for communication? Bioluminescence.

90% of all deep sea creatures have developed bioluminescence in direct response to low light. It’s developed all over the natural world, from sea to land and is a readily available chemical reaction. From single celled bacteria, to starfish, from flies and worms, to jellies and fish, to snails and mushrooms the reaction is so common it’s evolved independently on completely separate branches of the evolutionary tree more than 40 separate times.

In fact, it’s so common and advantageous in low-light situations, that for large amounts of life on alternia to not develop bioluminescence would actually not make sense. Hell, technically trolls are capable of this when you look at rainbow drinkers. (I’ll get back to this in a bit)

Communication

One of the most common ways bioluminescence is used for is in mating displays because nothing stands out in a dark environment more than a light. Bioluminescent ostracods and fireflies attract mates using this, with fireflies utilizing the first part of their patterns to communicate their species and the second part to impress mates. Extending this concept to trolls, it would be advantageous to develop a system which would serve to communicate differing romantic intent based on whether it was black or red especially when you consider a pre-historic era where trolls didnt always have the internet as quick tool to converge and form strong relationships based on their highly complex romance. It also serves as a means for synchronization in a couple, since trolls have a hard time making logical sense of their own feelings with how volatile and prone to quadrant vacillation they can be.

Red romantic displays, based on pity, highlights areas of the body that show vulnerability - the vitals, neck, and the spine.

Black romantic displays, based on contentiousness and rivalry, primarily highlights the limbs which show the size and strength of an individual (allowing trolls to make a more viable and balanced kismessis choice) and features eyespots on the shoulders as a means for intimidation and to draw attention away from more vulnerable areas.

The mating displays are akin to a more advanced full body blush and only display in concupiscent situations where a troll is sexually aroused, so there are no pale/ashen displays.

Aside from romantic intent it also communicates blood color and health of the individual. A troll that is sick or in a weak state will not be able to keep up the display consistently, making them less desirable.

Now why is Karkat up there looking really bright and static? No, I didn’t mess up making the image! Some trolls naturally do not adhere to the quadrant system altogether and will have trouble differentiating between their red and black feelings. Because of this they have difficulty switching between the displays or are outright unable to. These trolls are what are called panquadrant.

Panquadrant trolls are seen as HIGHLY undesirable and is a great source of shame for the troll in question. Not only is the super flashy double-display seen as trying too hard and sends unsynchronized and confusing signals, but the brighter display can potentially alert predators. And once the mother grub and drone system is instilled it also indicates someone who is doomed for culling. A desperate fool, so to speak. Between that and it displaying his blood color its no wonder Karkat covers up well.

Hunting

So if you’re hunting for prey on alternia where various species attract mates via light displays, it would be real easy to set up a lure to trick your prey, right? After all, you see this behavior in both glow worms and anglerfish which use lights as a method to catch their food. Since this is be a pretty common tactic, trolls developed acute sensitivity when it comes to detecting mating displays because anyone who didn’t got eaten. Because of this, any light displays that resemble the mating displays but are even slightly off go straight into the uncanny valley and will put a troll on edge. This is in part why rainbow drinkers are seen as threatening, aside from actually having increased speed. They’re innately seen by trolls as lures/potential hunters.

Defense

Most trolls don’t use light to hunt, but some are able to use it as a defense mechanism. Similar to Acanthephyra purpurea, trolls that have breasts store bioluminescent fluid in them which they then are able to spit onto an aggressor. This will temporarily blind them and give away their location to their own predators while the troll flees. This is why breasts are illuminated in both red and black displays for trolls that have them.

Speaking of boobs….

★ NSFW UNCENSORED PICS//NAUGHTY BITS UNDER THE CUT ★

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Years of giving names to the relationships between my family and the pets has created this really fucked up family tree and I would like to share it

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I feel like a kid trying to sleep on Christmas Eve rn

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I’m gonna say it

Me waiting for Toby Fox to feed us