#pearl rambles

[pearldrone]

hey guys, this is a post about side order and what we can somewhat gather about it so far. this'll be a long one, so hang tight. i've seen others vaguely talk about these ideas, so i decided to go all-out.

this image is of what i'm going to refer to as the 'landscape of thorns,' which is a 'long-term nuclear waste warning message.' these being used to sway humanity from intruding on highly dangerous sites.

as certain kinds of radiation can stay toxic for thousands of years, a warning of the dangers of this plant were needed. non-linguistic messages were attempted at first by a report from the sandia national laboratories, one of the three development and research laboratories of the department of energy's national nuclear security administration. {DOE, NNSA} the aim of this series of messages were to warn later visitors to any waste site. they recommended that messages include each of the following, gradually increasing complexity.

{much more under the cut.}

"1} Rudimentary information: "Something man-made is here"

2} Cautionary information: "Something man-made is here and it is dangerous"

3} Basic information: Tells what, why, when, where, who, and how

4} Complex information: Highly detailed written records, tables, figures, graphs, maps and diagrams"

the issue with worded messages is that they're unlikely to be comprehensible in thousands of years. considering how much the english language has changed, and will continue to evolve, would those of the future be able to understand what is being said? because of this, symbols were also considered.. but another problem arises with that. no symbol will be universally understood to mean one thing, even something such as the jolly roger. {☠️} using it to warn for risk of sickness, or general harm would serve useless as time passes. especially nowadays, while the jolly rodger still is seen as a danger symbol somewhat, is used more commonly as a cool design thing.. at least in the USA. and again, that's the problem. no symbol is universally known for one thing, no matter what.

i believe it was also a thought to not warn at all, and just leave it there.. but that questions ethics.

eventually, physical markers were explored, giving ideas such as the forbidding blocks, rubble landscape, the landscape of thorns, and a few beyond those. these ideas carry similar characteristics to each other.

from the official trailer.

in 1992-1993, a poll was issued by the zeitschrift für semiotik of tübingen germany, asking the following question:

"how would it be possible to inform our descendants for the next 10,000 years about the storage locations and dangers of radioactive waste?" and received answers such as artificial satellites, atomic priests, and 'ray cats.' i'm going to further talk about ray cats, as i think, considering the themes, it would be a good opportunity for side order to delve deeper into li'l judd, and his current whereabouts or motivations. as it's very vaguely hinted that he owns grizzco industries, and with that presumably dead fish in the trailer, it could be explored. i hope they won't make it weird though, as you know.. the whole thing with mammals has been a bit bizarre..

anyway, it was suggested that a species of cat should be bred that changes colors when exposed to radiation, so essentially a living sign of nuclear threat. as things such as nursery rhymes have been culturally significant in some way for many, many years.. in 2014, the musician 'emperor x' was commissioned by the podcast '99% invisible' to create a song about this idea for an episode about long-term nuclear waste warning messages.

whatever this fucker is. they could be completely done with grizzco, but who knows.

{edit 8/23/23 i've been told it resembles the bake-kujira. the ghost whale which is accompanied by "weird birds or fish."}

giving us the song '10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Settlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories {Don't Change Color, Kitty.}' the gist of this track being "if the cat turns bright colors, run!" and was designed to be "so catchy and annoying that it might be handed down from generation to generation over a span of 10,000 years."

so, themes of radiation are very likely to be present. this brings us to our next section, the coral bleaching.

as you may know, healthy coral has beautifully bright colors. this is due to microscopic algae known as zooxanthellae, which lives inside of the algae's polyps. it is also a major source of food, and nutrients. coral bleaching occurs when coral reefs are under stressful conditions, a huge one being climate change, which i will get deeper into that specifically. if the waters it lives in heat up too much, the coral will begin to expel this zooxanthellae.. leaving it completely white, and exposing its bone-like structure.

healthy vs partially bleached coral.

while bleached coral isn't quite dead, the aftermath of said bleaching makes it much more susceptible to disease and malnourishment due to lack of nutrition. if the waters stay too warm for too long, or if the bleaching is too extreme, the coral will die.

images from the official side order trailer, showing us bleached and possibly dead coral.

coral bleaching is an ongoing issue, and efforts have been made to conserve and regrow the coral reefs.. this brings us to a shorter section, but one worthy of a mention.

coral cloning. coral cloning is a phenomenon where a small bit of a healthy coral is cut, and grows into a full piece. it helps when this, sometimes miniscule, piece is placed next to another. this speeds up growth almost rapidly. however, it is not too easy to grow, and this method isn't totally fool-proof. coral requires very certain conditions to flourish, such as not being placed on an open ocean floor, but instead in an already established habitat. also things like water temperature, pH levels, pollution, all can stunt growth. this is a very vast oversimplified explanation, but i believe you get the picture. have you wondered why i am bringing this up? here is why..

am i saying this directly implies cloning? not exactly. it's an interesting thing to note, though, as you might know how octarians {NOT OCTOLINGS!} are born.. via severed tentacle. coral can sometimes be born via severed piece. i'm not going to go into this much more, as it's kind of an out-there comparison. do with that what you will.

continuing on with the radiation and infectious theme, i feel i should mention ultraviolet radiation. the sun produces these UV rays, of course, and they can be good in moderation. if it's too much? it can be absolutely killer. you guessed it, ultraviolet radiation does play a part in warmer waters, which aids in bleaching coral. however, that's not all.. the state of inkopolis square we see in the side order trailer could very well also be due to residue of nuclear radiation from the human society's many wars. before humanity's fall, natural disasters were more prevalent than ever, and we still don't really know what exactly happened besides the massive flood. the sea levels rising was the reason the great turf war, the deadliest war to strike inkadia, even happened. things like oil spills could possibly be going on too, as in some photos, you can see this black liquid.

i'm going to state the obvious and add on that oil spills are incredibly dangerous to marine life, and that includes coral reefs.

remnants of human life have not disappeared from inkadia, or anywhere in this world dominated by marine life. it's not far-fetched to say they could still be affected by anything else left behind, climate wise.

the landscape of thorns has not been built, to my knowledge, but maybe it was here. this could be a rediscovered nuclear plant, who knows. especially as certain kinds of radiation, again, can stay hazardous for upwards of ten-thousand years, and possibly longer. you may have caught that ten-thousand is an important number for multiple reasons, especially with the possibility that this octoling is eight. the human race has been extinct for longer than ten-thousand years by this point, but it's something to remember. but there's still questions.. where do pearl and marina fall now? what is their role? is this an infection only targeting octolings, and other octarians? what's going on with marina? only time will tell, yeah?

there you have it, if you read this far.. definitely tell me what you think. i've still not covered everything in the trailer, so any add-ons would be cool if you have any. this took a while to research and write, so thanks for reading.

sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-are-taking-extreme-steps-to-help-corals-survive/

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coral-bleaching-and-how-we-can-stop-it

https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/how-do-oil-spills-affect-coral-reefs.html

https://youtu.be/JENUAv0w8Q4

https://youtu.be/ZiULxLLP32s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-nuclear-warning-for-10000-years-time

https://youtu.be/dDIMYAYSGCo

#splatoon #pearl rambles #splatoon 3 #splatoon lore #side order #splatoon 3 dlc #agent 8 #splatoon theory

[mysticotta]

Reblog and tag people who don’t know how much positive impact they’ve had on your life.

I’ll go first

@gladburden @hydeomonster @harmonybeats2

#mystic thoughts #gem speaks #otter and friends #pearl rambles #reblog game #ish #positivity

[shininglikeyoursmile]

👀👀👀👀👀

Did

Did you miss me?.... 😚😚😚😚😚

#pearl rambles #i am back BABIES #sthmsfhmsfgmsfh #dhg #sfh #efhksrhm #💋💋💋

[dreaming-of-butterflies]

anyone has good German music recommendations? hehe

#preferably rock! #pearl rambles

[ticklish-petal]

waah im so sleep deprived i wish i had a partner that we have stayed on a late night call with, and while in a daze and half-asleep i confess to them that I'm in the tickle community and then realize what i've done but before i can start trying to deny it they giggle and say it's cute and then continue our conversation and the next day while hanging out at their place they wreck the ever-loving shit out of me. is that too much to ask for😭

#pearl rambles #tword content #sfw tickle community #scenarios #tickle fluff #tickling #help im feeling sad and touch starved

[pearldoesstuff]

just watched one 14 and

look at him

i love bryce sm :(

#pearl rambles #hjone

[batemanofficial]

that smoking in public poll got me thinking. you don't get to waffle about being neutral with these options you gotta choose

i personally like the smell of weed but dislike the smell of cigarette/tobacco smoke, but combing through the notes on that poll indicates that this opinion may be unpopular! idk!

#speak friend and enter #ok to rb #so many people complaining about smelling weed outside....what has this world come to (it's gentrification and liberal pearl-clutching) #but would you complain about gentle birdsong? a distant thunderhead's lazy rambling across the windswept plain? #ofc im not saying like. people with asthma or what-have-you are bad for not liking smoke in their lungs but you know what i mean

[pansy-picnics]

I GOT THIS DIALOGUE LAST NIGHT AND IM STILL LOSING MY MIND OVER IT?

#LIKE??? PEARL YOU CANT SAY THAT #THIS GAME IS RATED E 10+ #genuinely what is the heterosexual explanation for this. its not a joke anymore im actually begging how do they expect us to interpret this #pearlina #side order #splatoon 3 #side order spoilers #splatoon side order #pansy rambling again #splatoon

[p-wrryyy-mordial-soup]

Battering Lento enrichment!!! FOOBAL!!!

#resh rambles again #splatoon #side order spoilers #side order #battering lento #i like him he deserves a tag #and thats pearls hand but im not tagging her </3 #my art

[bluerosefox]

Possessed Pearl's

You know how in some ghost stories sometimes its not a person or a land that's haunted but the items?

Well what if, when looking for a mother's day gift for his mom, Danny is looking around a pawn shop and finds a necklace, it's missing some pearls but it's just enough to pass off as a decent gift. Danny humms but decides against it and goes to leave it....

That was until he gasped out blue frost and spots a ghostly woman appear out of the necklace with a somber smile. She isn't as seeable as the other ghosts in Amity though, meaning she doesn't have enough ectoplasm on her own (that might change the longer she's in Amity and around Danny though) and that right now only Danny can see her.

And Danny well... hes been doing his hero gig for a bit now, might go and ask if there was anything he can do to help.

And later Danny's good deed... bites him back. Oh boy. Because now he has the Bats looking into Amity Park... Wait what do you mean Martha is now strong enough to be seen?!

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dp x dc #crossover #blue rambles #writing ideas #random idea #danny phantom dc #dpxdc #Martha Wayne necklace #her ghost got stuck to it in her panic of being dead #this piece of necklace was the one cops took for evidence and was meant to return to Bruce #but lets say crooked cop decided to.... pawn it off #so it got lost before Bruce could even try to track it down #he found other pieces and replaced the lost ones but still #Martha soul has been attached to the pearls for years now and has kinda resigned herself to this fate #she knows her son is doing well from the stories shes managed to hear but not everything #she also knows at least Thomas is with Bruce #but what she didnt except after all these years for a boy who looks so strikingly like a teenage version of Bruce to come help her #Danny is gonna help... only to have it bite him in the butt #because once he delivers the necklace to Bruce it might turn his sights to Amity #Martha is the one that tells Bruce about Danny after finding out he's Batman btw #the kind ghost boy who has ghost hunter parents and the giw and the creepy godfather who cloned him and- #Martha is a mother. remember that.

[candycoatedrox]

SQUID NASA

#splatoon #side order #side order splatoon #pearl splatoon #molls rambles #undescribed

[pearldrone]

we all love the squid sisters. their designs are very fun and colorful, and their headpieces add to this factor. have you ever been curious as to what they actually are? allow me to tell you!

callie's headpiece is squid sashimi, seemingly sitting on the top of a red {technically pink in her case, but i'm making a comparison to the closest real thing} shiso leaf. sashimi is raw meat or fish cut into thin pieces, but specifically on top of her head is a squid fillet. shiso is a type of herb, typically paired with sashimi or sushi. it comes in various colors, and can be used as a garnish to eat with the main part of a meal, or to bring a pop of color to the dish.

during the alliance of callie and DJ octavio, her headpiece gets switched to octopus sashimi.

a fun detail i noticed.

as for marie's, hers just appears to be a ring of calamari, naturally.

but of course, hers isn't too close to realism compared to her cousin's, having a really cool patterning all around instead of the typical fried look.

#splatoon #splatoon trivia #squid sisters #callie and marie #pearl rambles #splatoon idols

[mysticotta]

It’s probably past time we made an intro post!

Hello! We are Otter or Kai, we use any pronouns except he/him. We are a system!

Current fandoms are Hermitcraft, Traffic Life, and Empires with some Pirates thrown in for spice!

Common fronters are Gem, Otter, Ada, and Pearl.

#blog intro #Cue the navigational tags #otter and friends #gem speaks #pearl rambles #ada babbles #mystic thoughts #save 4 later

[shininglikeyoursmile]

I just turned myself on by thinking about that drabble @summer-blonde wrote about Dark Steve with lactation kink.😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😩😩😩😩😫😫

NOW I AM HORNY !🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

#pearl rambles #BUT DAMN #sfgnwryjwryjetukstymsrysy5my5emr57 #r6i #TIOr6i #r6ukeryjdgh #dthkethkdgn #ethkethketgjwrtuetuo367oethjdghk4578yfhk7til578purik356it7ip7riptuk #64i357oeyu #ryil

[dreaming-of-butterflies]

The time was 12 am, I just turned 20. A feeling of unbelievable dread washed over me and then I went back to scrolling through tumblr

#pearl rambles

[squidthusiast]

I’m so normal about them-

Here’s my personal headcanons cus I thought it would be fun to share

+ bonus of both together

#dont be afraid to send asks about them yo #love them sm #my art #pearlina #off the hook #marina ida #pearl houzuki #splatoon fanart #splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon art #splatoon headcanon #squid rambles