#i usually have this setting disabled but

[aashwarr]

morning jogs with camille. with final exams coming up, camille is staying focused by keeping up with her morning routine. this includes a jog around downtown britechester.

#aashwarr #ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 aesthetic #discover university #the sweat is from the ww mod #i usually have this setting disabled but #now i love it! it's realistic #also camille got a lot of attractiveness alerts in this ep #but what's new LMAO

[torchickentacos]

HEARTBREAKING: Person within your oppressed group acts as if they speak for every single other person in the group

#i'm inviting trouble with this one tbh but this is ok to rb. in a rare bitchy mood rn and idc. go for it <3 i'll mute the post if i have to #physically disabled people and our opinions are NOT a monolith i promise skjdksjd #nothing ever is #one person cannot speak for all of us. though this is less one thing and more a general pattern i see sometimes #usually i ignore online opinions I don't see eye to eye with but i had to have my petty moment for this pattern ngl #anyways. i explicitly disagree with other physically disabled people who act like other disabilities are of lower priority or for attention #or who act as if otherwise disabled people are constantly derailing disabled discussion by adding onto it #either explicitly outline a discussion as for fellow physically disabled people only from the get-go #or you can't get mad when wider ranges of disabled people weigh in! #like i GET IT it sucks to feel derailed or spoken over but it's on you to set those parameters if you want to #idk sometimes it's giving 'let the REAL disabled people talk' and i kind of fucking hate it tbh #okay that's my divisive opinion for the month o7 see yall later

[maliciouslove]

logging in to tell everyone to go watch A Sign of Affection and The Apothecary Diaries

#momo.exe #im kinda sick so i dont have the energy tp give my usual long and very confusion explanation as to why #sign of affection is very cute and i like animes that talk about living with a disability #very romantic and the main dude has silver hair i have said enough #man is like bigger than a door and has a tattoo in his middle finger and he looks cute when he's tryna learn sign language #as for the apothecary diaries it simply slaps #i like the whole chinese emperor with concubines setting #and this random commoner chick that has medicinal knowledge and goes around solving mysteries in the palace #and i am a sucker for the 'guy falls hard for girl #girl doesnt give a fuck' trope #art on both animes is amazing #anyway im sad because im out of episodes on both :< #ok bye time to not log in for another 3 months

[chqnified]

If you ever feel dim. Don't worry. I set off the security alarms trying to open up the office building. Because i was tapping the fob on the aircon/electric unit and NOT the security alarm deactivator

#it was horrendous #i was SHAKING like a leaf. i thought police would turn up and jump on me #i at one point thought. fuck. maybe if i shut the door lock it and put everything back it'll stop #and then i'll wait til 8am when someone else gets here. but then i thought what if it continues. and then i have to redo everything again #and still have to find the disabler. so i just spent 5mins with alarm full blare tryna find where to tap this fob too #thing is. nobody and i mean nobody was going to be at the office for a further hour. #'it's obvious the deactivator will be on your right' well. obviously not. it was on the right but on a corner bit of the wall #not right next to the door like expected where the other unit thing was. #it's fucking hilarious telling everyone now. but flipping hell in that moment i was strESSED #i had a feeling it'd happen. i joked about it in my office the day before. like lol imagine i get to london and fucking fuck it all up #well. i did. #i think it was just an alarm. or i did it in under the set time before it called the police. #anywayssssss #another story to add to the what makes up my personality book #in my defence it's not my usual office and i've been there only once before. but that time someone else had opened up #apparently my usual office building is even more of a nightmare. not surprised. if a small building was that bad. dread to think our one #our one for context is like 10× the size because of all the floors it has

[mars-ipan]

i’ve been trying to get more comfortable with calling myself disabled

#marzivents #<- not really a vent but i still want it to go somewhere #i’m not nervous about it in a prideful way #i’m nervous about it in an imposter syndrome way #i went so long being undiagnosed that i still kinda forget that yeah i’m not making it up #and even though my anxiety does get so bad that it actively impedes on my life sometimes #from perfectionism to difficulty setting boundaries to sometimes even an inability to leave the house #(thank you covid for the agoraphobia. i will murder you with my bare hands) #i still feel. weird calling myself disabled #i feel almost like i’m ‘not disabled enough’ #which. obviously is internalized ableism #anxiety especially is one of those mental illnesses that people say are ‘just normal emotions’ #because they cannot fathom someone feeling an emption stronger or differently or more frequently than them apparently #so ig that’s why i tend to feel more ‘normal’ (big air quotes) and like i don’t deserve to call myself disabled #but uh. yeah no The Symptoms are definitely disabling #like i have to avoid certain things (usually tic or migraine triggers) or take things a lot slower bc of it #and that’s. disability accomodation #but idk. i’m not actively dying so i feel like i’m being dramatic or smth #i’m getting better at understanding that i am disabled and not faking it though #which is. good #i imagine it’ll just take some practice and time

[hartmannyoukaigirl]

I hate how we as humans are made to function in society when human society is legitimately retarded

#family and friends and everyone you come across is just so. stupid. and the sheer mental disability aside #like pretending they have enough intelligence to google a simple fact. which is EXTEREMELY hard for 99% of the human population apparently #they'd be obnoxious and stupid in other ways. like they dont quite feel and are more sociopathic and dont see abuse as bad and so on #like huh... .? #????? #women r usually the ones dead set on never learning anything new or of worth and men are usually the sociopathic ones who dont agree that #mistreatment and abuse as concepts exist #idk i just hate interacting with everyone. it isnt a gender problem everyone is geniunely just infuriating

[mechawolfie]

finding a neat looking sdv expansion mod only to see the new npcs it adds r just more white ppl

#smudgy.txt #i dont understand why anyone would think theyd need to add More whiteness to this game and #not understanding things makes me angry so now i hate that game #i got the diversity mod too n it was cool but the game at its core just feels so. white #and by white i mean boring as hell <3 #sorry im being snippy bc im upset. i dont like it when i find smth that'd usually be right up my alley #only to realize it's not bc it is just Very obvious the that creators did not have someone like me in mind when they were creating it #it is a very Safe game which does not feel safe to Me #bc what's Safe is decided by people who either could never consider my existence or outright find my existence upsetting #maybe thats why things like DE & tgm feel comforting to me #they dont feel White in that specific way that Safer things tend to #......also maybe farming sims just arent my thing ADGFFSHDFH #BUT I SWEAR THEY WOULD BE IF THEY JUST BOTHERED TO BE COOL. LIKE CMON #LIKE HAVE SOME CATBOYS OR SOMETHING AT LEAST. JESUS #MAN if there were some sort of sim set in the lxh world. id die of pure peace of heart #peaceful & wholesome as h*ck. casual queerness & disability. AND it's got catboys. like COME. ON. #n ok sure there's only like 1 black character. but have u considered that shes cool as hell & i love her so so much

[we-re-always-alright]

I’m off work today but I’m thinking about it anyway and I’m thinking, you know, what cottage lawsuit industry is going to pop up next (if it hasn’t already) and my guess would be on CCPA/CPRA etc violations for small businesses

#similar to how there’s a cottage industry to ADA lawsuits for websites #mainly for small businesses #not saying that having accessible websites is bad #but slapping lawsuits on small business just to make some quick cash (when no disabled person has filed the suit) is a weird niche industry #and these are usually low traffic sites or sites built by the owner #basically in 2013 the DOJ released updated ADA guidelines for websites (a good thing) #and immediately the number of lawsuits increased 177% the first year #mostly because it’s really easy to find ADA tools to scan your website online #and then for every violation you get 4k (and there can be hundreds of violations) #so naturally Jim Sr who asked his son to set up a website in 1999 for his wood making business and hasn’t changed it since #is now getting a legal action letter saying he’s going to be sued for 80k (plus legal fees) #or he can settle for x y z dollars #big and medium companies definitely be making things accessible #but I don’t think (personally) lawsuits on small businesses en masse are like a super cool way of doing this #anyway since now you can file CCPA/CPRA requests online it might become a thing #since those are also a per violation payout #and if you’ve done any business with California residents and make over…. 50k a year from your business? I think #you’re liable under this law #thoughts? thoughts

[nostalgia-tblr]

you’re right about the bashirs tho

i kno but tumblr is VERY against them and some of that seems to be connected to people's own experiences/fears and i worry it'd be seen as ableist to defend them and also one of the tags suggests fandom is sometimes a bit ableist about people with learning disabilities (sorry if not current correct term there, no offence intended) while complaining about the ableism of the bashirs and that could go badly too. "Oh he'd have caught up eventually" well what if he didn't? would you (generic you!) be okay with it then? can i have a list of which disabilities you consider things to be cured and which are allowed to continue to exist as Legitmate Human Diversity?

#replies #ds9 #disabilities #cure/not-cure Discourse is a whole Thing in disability circles and a lot of it does depend on personal circumstances/experiences i find #(IMO the big divides centre around 'were you born this way?' and 'does it cause you pain?') #and a lot of Ableds assume that everyone wants cured or - usually picked up in progressive spaces - that nobody does #and that if they do want cured it's Internalised Ableism. they mean well but some of us do very much “suffer from” things we have u kno? #and similarly not every disabled person thinks their experiences are perfectly described by the Social Model #we're a diverse lot! if anyone ever finds two of us with the exact same set of conditions and problems the universe may collapse

[neil-gaiman]

Hello Mr Gaiman!

I don’t have a question but I just wanted to let you know how much I sincerely appreciate the minority representation in Good Omens. I’m a person with a physical disability, and seeing someone like me on the screen is so rare. And when it does happen, there’s usually something I take issue with, like a depressing image of this person who hates the fact that they’re disabled and can’t live a happy or independent life. The way that Liz Carr’s disability is worked into her character is so cool, I can’t tell you how much it means to have a character like that in a fantasy setting just exist as she is and use her powers to make the world around her more accessible rather than changing herself. I don’t know if you realize how wonderful of a message that is to send to young disabled people. Fingers crossed for a greenlit season 3 so we can see more! 🤞

Thank you so much! When we approached Liz to play the angel Saraqael it was because we loved her as an actress (and I'm thrilled that people responded to her so well).

Once we knew Saraqael was going to be played by Liz then I got to write them a wheelchair and give them miracles to make the human world more accessible (that pointed out perhaps some of the ways it isn't) and we asked Amazon to cover many tens of thousands of dollars in CGI to make the Heavenly wheelchair float, and they agreed.

[echoekhi]

I’m Declaring War Against “What If” Videos: Project Copy-Knight

What Are “What If” Videos?

These videos follow a common recipe: A narrator, given a fandom (usually anime ones like My Hero Academia and Naruto), explores an alternative timeline where something is different. Maybe the main character has extra powers, maybe a key plot point goes differently. They then go on and make up a whole new story, detailing the conflicts and romance between characters, much like an ordinary fanfic.

Except, they are fanfics. Actual fanfics, pulled off AO3, FFN and Wattpad, given a different title, with random thumbnail and background images added to them, narrated by computer text-to-speech synthesizers.

They are very easy to make: pick a fanfic, copy all the text into a text-to-speech generator, mix the resulting audio file with some generic art from the fandom as the background, give it a snappy title like “What if Deku had the Power of Ten Rings”, photoshop an attention-grabbing thumbnail, dump it onto YouTube and get thousands of views.

In fact, the process is so straightforward and requires so little effort, it’s pretty clear some of these channels have automated pipelines to pump these out en-masse. They don’t bother with asking the fic authors for permission. Sometimes they don’t even bother with putting the fic’s link in the description or crediting the author. These content-farms then monetise these videos, so they get a cut from YouTube’s ads.

In short, an industry has emerged from the systematic copyright theft of fanfiction, for profit.

Project Copy-Knight

Since the adversaries almost certainly have automated systems set up for this, the only realistic countermeasure is with another automated system. Identifying fanfics manually by listening to the videos and searching them up with tags is just too slow and impractical.

And so, I came up with a simple automated pipeline to identify the original authors of “What If” videos.

It would go download these videos, run speech recognition on it, search the text through a database full of AO3 fics, and identify which work it came from. After manual confirmation, the original authors will be notified that their works have been subject to copyright theft, and instructions provided on how to DMCA-strike the channel out of existence.

I built a prototype over the weekend, and it works surprisingly well:

On a randomly-selected YouTube channel (in this case Infinite Paradox Fanfic), the toolchain was able to identify the origin of half of the content. The raw output, after manual verification, turned out to be extremely accurate. The time taken to identify the source of a video was about 5 minutes, most of those were spent running Whisper, and the actual full-text-search query and Levenshtein analysis was less than 5 seconds.

The other videos probably came from fanfiction websites other than AO3, like fanfiction.net or Wattpad. As I do not have access to archives of those websites, I cannot identify the other ones, but they are almost certainly not original.

Armed with this fantastic proof-of-concept, I’m officially declaring war against “What If” videos. The mission statement of Project Copy-Knight will be the elimination of “What If” videos based on the theft of AO3 content on YouTube.

I Need Your Help

I am acutely aware that I cannot accomplish this on my own. There are many moving parts in this system that simply cannot be completely automated – like the selection of YouTube channels to feed into the toolchain, the manual verification step to prevent false-positives being sent to authors, the reaching-out to authors who have comments disabled, etc, etc.

So, if you are interested in helping to defend fanworks, or just want to have a chat or ask about the technical details of the toolchain, please consider joining my Discord server. I could really use your help.

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See full blog article and acknowledgements here: https://echoekhi.com/2023/11/25/project-copy-knight/

#ao3 #fanfic #copyknight #theft #copyright

[rebouks]

Keeping Lag to a Minimum...

I was chatting about a few things I do to combat lag over on discord and realised I do quite a bit of maintenance to reduce lag/load times. I decided to write em all down and before I knew it, I had a big ol' list. Here's hoping it helps!

Save/File Tips:

Clear your caches (located in the same spot as your mod folder fyi) I usually delete the onlinethumbnailcache, avatarcache and localthumbcache caches every time I exit the game, the main one to delete regularly is the localthumbcache file, they're just temporary files but it can get pretty big after a while.. if you're having any mod issues, particularly ui ones, it's always worth deleting that to see if it helps.

Remove any saves you're not using from your saves folder, and keep an eye on save file sizes. In my experience, any saves over around 30-40mb start to get a bit laggy. Things that bump this size up are the amount of townies in game and the amount of lots/objects in the world.

Regarding the above point, I regularly bulldoze lots I don't need anymore, just to save the game from having to cope with extra shit to load in the background and reduce save file bloat.

Similarly, I delete a lot of unnecessary townies. Also, try to keep the amount of outfits on townies to a minimum, ain't no townie need four swimsuit outfits, the game will thank you..

If you have cheats enabled you can usually shift-click/delete object on things like random coffee cups or stray cupcakes sims foolishly drop around the world (or eat em.. whatever tickles ur pickle) just get rid!

Whilst we're keeping objects in game to a minimum.. I try to clear sims inventories now and then, including townies. You can do this via mccc even if you're not currently playing that household by heading to MC Cleaner -> Sell Sim Inventory/Sell Household Inventory. RANDOM LUMPS OF CLAY BEGONE!

Think of a save file like a lot.. the more objects in it, the laggier it gets! Try your best to remove anything or anyone unnecessary where you can.

Hit "Save As" instead of "Save" now and then - the more you overwrite a save, the more chance it has of going wonky, treat your game to a fresh one now and then and remove the old one from your saves folder (maybe don't delete it right away in case you wanna roll back, keep it somewhere safe).

If you can (although ik it can be a pain) set up a new/fresh save, you'd be surprised how bogged down old ones can get! For legacy players, it's usually best to do this whenever you have a small family to save yourself some pain, since you can just save the household and take em to a new save (you will lose sims inventories/household inventories/relationships with sims outside the household tho so beware! Pictures/other collectables can be saved to a lot however, and you can always cheat back relationship bits etc.. bit of a last resort but new saves are shiny and fast!)

Make sure your Screenshots/Video folders are empty - move em somewhere else, it works, trust me. If you have a lot of custom music installed try n' clear some of those out too.. the smaller that Sims 4 directory is, the better.

Delete any last exceptions/last crashes (same spot as your mod folder again) you don't need em unless you're planning to upload em somewhere for help.

Settings Etc:

If you get a bad lag spike, opening the main menu and/or saving can randomly stop this. If it doesn't, try exiting the game, clearing your localthumbcache and restarting.

Clearing all notifications from the game panel can also help.

If you can, close all other apps and background apps you don't need whilst playing, ts4 is super memory hungry so it can definitely help.

The GraphicsRules Override file by Simp4Sims can reduce lag/latency and make your game look a little better in the process!

Srslysims Simulation Lag Fix mod can help reduce lag too (if you've altered the game speed via mccc tho, don't use this unless you plan on resetting it to default).

If you aren't keen on, or barely use a pack, consider disabling it.

Not ideal, especially for those of us taking screenshots, but lowering the graphics settings whilst playing definitely helps.

If you use re/g-shade, consider switching it off whilst playing and only turn it on for screenshots.

A clean and tidy pc/laptop runs better in general. Remove anything you're not using/don't need anymore to free up space, remove temp files, clean up your folders now and again etc etc.. especially that dreaded mod folder, speaking of...

Managing Mods:

SORT OUT YOUR MODS FOLDER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.. skdsjdjs it doesn't have to be immaculate but at the very least try n' clear it out now n' then. Also try to separate your script mods/overrides from the rest, patch days don't need to be so stressful ;-;

Personally, I don't merge my mods; if something breaks it's much harder to pinpoint! It makes it easier to find/delete specific mods too.. and let's face it, there's usually one or two items in that set you could do without lmaooo.. also, don't think it helps much tbh! Yeah you could say the game doesn't have to work as hard to load merged files but that's debatable, it's still the same amount of items/polys at the end of the day ¯\(°_o)/¯

If you like merging files and/or see results from doing so, you can merge stuff you definitely know you're never getting rid of, especially CAS/BB stuff.. but steer clear of merging gameplay/script mods! If a merged file seems to be the culprit when using the 50/50 method, try unmerging it and 50/50ing it again! You might not need to get rid of everything if something's borked.

Bulk Rename Utility can be used to remove all spaces and special characters from your mod files, the game doesn't particularly like loading those so it'll thank you.

The Sims 4 Mod Manager is a great way to sort through your mods, you can easily see, move and delete files from here (not great for build/buy, poses etc as thumbnails are usually missing, but great for CAS stuff). An extra hint with this that I've noticed is that if any of my mods get renamed with [D1] at the beginning after looking through them via the mod manager, it means it's a duplicate file so you can get rid.

I also use the Sims 4 Tray Importer to help me sort through mods. Simply save a sim/lot with any cc you don't want and find it in the importer, you can then go through all the cc in the cc tab and delete/sort it (I also use this to sort cc if a bunch has the wrong tags etc, makes it easier to find in my folders by saving em to a lot or w/e - it also spots duplicates which is handy).

It's a ballache, but the 50/50 method is tried and tested if you're having issues.

I like to keep an abandoned cc folder tucked away somewhere, that way you can remove mods willy nilly without stressing about losing them. If you change your mind, you can always grab it back!

#ts4 #sims 4 #simblr #tips #reducing ts4 lag #uhhhhh #idk what else to tag this as #skdjskjd #ALSO! feel free to rb and add ur own tips! #lawd knows we need it with this game lmaoooo #as chaotic as he is.. i bet oscar's pc is immaculate #😌

[vivwritesfics]

Not His Type - CL16

y/n is an author and not charles's usual type (he loves his writer girlfriend)

SMAU

y/nwrites

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username3 Kelson Quinn forever 😍😍😍

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username6 DRAGON'S FURY 2 PLEASE!

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username7 i can feel it

y/nwrites

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y/nwrites a change of scenery for this one ;)

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username8 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 😭😭😭😭😭

username9 charles in the likes?!??!?!?!?!?

yourbff my girls living the high life 😘

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y/nwrites a writers life for me 😊

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charles_leclerc red suits you 😍

y/nwrites 🥰🥰 username11 WHATS HAPPENING

y/nwrites

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y/nwrites consider me inspired 🥵🥵

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Charles_leclerc I can't wait to read it 💓

f1_news_

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f1_news_ Monégasque driver Charles Leclerc spotted out to dinner with indie author, Y/N L/N. The driver has not been romantically linked to anybody for quite some time, yet the author is not the type of girl we usually see him with. Fans of Charles Leclerc are more accustomed to seeing him linked with monégasque models, with his type being set in stone. Almost everybody was caught by surprise when the pictures of the two sharing a romantic dinner was spread around the internet. This leaves everyone to wonder, is this love? Or is the author just using him to promote her latest book?

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username17 ugh i bet she is using home

username18 all of her posts have been from grand prix, of course she's using him for fame

username19 this isn't fair, you guys don't even know her

username20 surely if she was using him for clout, she'd be posting more than just a picture of his back?

y/nwrites

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y/nwrites apparently I'm not his type

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yourbff this is so cute 😍

username21 is this... the biggest slay of all time?

charles_leclerc mon amour 💖

y/nwrites mon cornichon 💖 charles_leclerc i have to teach you french username22 she called him a pickle for anybody wondering

charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc she's definitely my type

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[chrisevansonly]

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬’𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 | 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜

✯social media au

✯dad!charles leclerc x female reader

✯sophia is a certified daddy’s girl, and charles wouldn’t have it any other way

✯not requested but just felt in the mood for some dad!charles! requests are open as usual 🫶🏻

ynleclerc

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sophia & mommy breakfast date🥰

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pre grand prix weekend date with my princess ❤️

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and we’re off to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix! i promise sophia is so happy to go, she’s just tired😂🩷

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british gp lets go 💪🏻

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Alien Questionnaire - A Biological Perspective

A while ago, somebody linked me a very comprehensive worldbuilding questionnaire. For most aspects of a fictional society, it was great, but I noticed it assumed that anyone using it was making up a fictional human society, or at least a society of beings very similar to humans. As such, there was almost nothing in the biology department, which to me is one of the best parts! Thus, this questionnaire was born.

These questions are designed to help people worldbuild from a biological foundation. As such, the questionnaire only touches lightly on other aspects of a fictional society, and is more of a jumping off point. I wrote it with the aim of using it to develop aliens, but it should be suitable for any project with non-humanoid species, such as sapient terrestrial animals.

Have fun! I'd love to see your answers :)

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General Anatomy How many limbs do they have? Do they have limbs at all?

What are their primary manipulators? Where are they located? How does this affect their tool use, building ability, etc?

What kind of body covering do they have, e.g. hair, scales, feathers? How do they clean it? Do they shed this covering constantly, or all at once at certain times? 

Can they maintain a constant body temperature? If not, how do they deal with changing environmental temperatures? 

What kind of habitat do they live in? Both specific habitat, and broader such as on land vs in water.

What adaptations do they have for living in this habitat?

What kind of creature did they evolve from?

What are the similarities and differences to their closest living relatives? 

What resource(s) is the most necessary and urgent for them? E.g. for many animals, but not all, it’s water.

What are some common mutations? E.g. eye colours, ability to digest lactose in humans.

What injuries or illnesses are considered disabling? 

How is their healing ability? Can they regenerate? If they can, is that limited to certain body parts or a certain number of times?

Senses What senses do they have? E.g. sight, smell, electroreception, etc.

How good are those senses?

Which of their sense/s do they use the most in everyday life?

How might this choice of sense impact the way they interact with the world? 

Can they detect things that Earth creatures cannot? If yes, how and why?

Movement  How do they move? Do they walk, crawl, fly, etc? 

If they have multiple modes of movement, which is preferred, and why?

Which part/s of their body do they use to move?

What is their speed and endurance like? 

How agile are they? 

Do they rely mainly on their own bodies for travel, or do they use pack animals and machines? 

How often do they move around? Are they mainly sedentary, do they move a lot within a set area, do they migrate, etc?

Do they have different levels of mobility depending on age, sex, or other biological group? E.g. young barnacles are able to swim, while adults are anchored permanently to a surface. 

Reproduction and Lifecycle  How many sexes are there? 

Are there differences between the sexes (ignoring the reproductive system)? 

Are there different castes, such as in honeybees or naked mole rats? If so, what is the function of each caste? 

Are differences in sex or caste used to justify discrimination or hierarchy? How might these ideas differ in different populations? 

Do they have a concept of gender? If so, is gender affected by sex, caste, or some other factor?

How do they attract a mate? Do they release a chemical into the air, do an elaborate display, etc?

Does one individual try to actively woo another, or is courtship more mutual?

What do they find attractive in members of the same species?

What is the usual reproductive partnership? E.g. two individuals, one main reproducing individual with a harem, no set partner, etc. 

How long do they live?

How are young brought into the world? Live birth, eggs, spores, etc?

Is producing young a painful, dangerous process, or is it easy?

How much parental investment is there? Are there many young with little investment, or few young with a lot of investment (r vs K strategy)? Or is it somewhere in the middle? 

How many offspring are produced at a time? Think about how attitudes towards children may differ between a species that produces one or two, and a species that produces dozens or even hundreds at a time.

How do they grow? Are they born looking like miniature adults, gradually growing bigger? Do they have specific phases of high growth, like puberty? Do they have a larval phase, metamorphosis? 

How self-sufficient are they as young? Can they move around and feed themselves as soon as they are born? Do they require parental care? 

What is the usual structure of childcare? Single or multiple parents/related individuals? Communally raised? 

Is sex purely for reproduction, or does it serve other purposes?

What kind of sexuality is considered the norm? This doesn’t just refer to same/other sex pairings, but the culture around sex in general.

Diet and Foodchain What is their diet? Are they carnivores, omnivores, frugivores, insectivores, etc?

Do they feed off an unusual source, for example rocks, metals, or (in appropriate settings) something like magic or souls?

What physical adaptations do they have for this diet? 

Is their diet very restricted, or can they have a wide range of foods?

How often do they eat? What is the culture around mealtimes, if any?

Are they prey for other organisms? For each other?

If they are, how do they deal with it? Do they fight back, have barriers, or do they accept it as a part of life?

If they are hunters themselves, what is their attitude to killing other organisms? Are they respectful? Prideful of their kill? Is it completely trivial? 

If they are hunters, how do they hunt? Are they solitary or packhunters? Are certain members of the group designated to hunt? 

Are the results of foraging or hunting shared, or is it everyone for themself?

Are they parasitic, parasitised, or in a symbiotic relationship with any other organisms? 

Body Rhythms How often do they sleep?

What time of the day are they most active? Are they nocturnal, diurnal, crepuscular? 

Do they generally sleep for one long period a day, multiple shorter periods throughout, or something in between? 

Do they sleep to cope with extreme temperatures or bad conditions, i.e. hibernate or aestivate?

Do they have any biological processes that disrupt their life e.g. moulting, reproductive cycles, etc?

If yes, how does their society accommodate for these processes? Does it accommodate them at all? 

Communication What is their main method of communication? Sound, visuals, scent, etc? Think about their main sense and how this would affect communication.

What is their body language like? What small moving parts might aid their body language?

If they have multiple methods of communication, are they all given equal weight, or is one considered higher than others? 

Society How sociable are they? 

If social, what is the usual social structure? 

Are there hierarchies? How strict or relaxed are the roles?

How are disputes usually settled? Is it more common to be violent or appease the other party? 

If not social, what is the reaction to being with other individuals? Do they become aggressive or stressed? Do they tolerate each other? 

What is the usual size of a community? Do they have communities at all? 

Do they have an in-group vs out-group mentality? If so, how strong is it? This generally relates to how scarce or plentiful resources were during their evolution, and how territorial their ancestors were.

What kind of bonds do they form? 

On the spectrum of individualistic to community-oriented, where do they fall?

Do they have a strong sense of personal identity? Think about how this might tie in with the previous question. 

What are the main things they derive identity from? Occupation, gender, family ties, etc?

Do they have names? If yes, how are these names formed? Are they given by another party or chosen by the individual?

Have they domesticated any creatures? If so, what do they use these creatures for?

Do they have any unusual relationships with other creatures on their planet (beyond predation, parasitism or mutualism)?

Do they produce art? What are their main forms of artistic expression? Think about how this will be linked to their main sense(s), communication method, and/or primary manipulators.

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GLOSSARY Primary manipulator: Main body part used to manipulate objects, e.g. hands in humans, trunks in elephants, feet in parrots.

Sedentary: Inactive, staying in the same place.

Caste (reproductive): A group within a species with differences in body type and reproductive ability.

Symbiosis/Mutualism: Interactions where both parties benefit, e.g. cleaner fish getting a meal in exchange for picking irritating parasites off larger fish.

Aestivate: To become inactive during hot or dry periods, usually involving being sealed in mucus or soil e.g. lungfish, snails. 

Reproductive cycle: Regular hormone fluctuations that affect an animal’s fertility or attitude towards breeding. The cycles can range from months to years and can include things such as antler growth in male deer, heat cycles, and menstruation in humans.

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