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(here is context for the smooth sharks thing)

I see, thanks!

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#that is me i am dudes #that autistic impulse when... #thanks for the context ray

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Random worldbuilding: A culture where everyone's social status is expressed through how their hair is braided.

Children all have the same kind of a simple, unisex "child's braid" which is meant for their parents to be easy to do - traditionally boys were only taught how to do a "wife's braid" while women braid both their husbands and their children, but a modern man is naturally an attentive father and contributes to both cleaning and feeding, and clothing and braiding his children.

While this kind of knowledge is more accessible in the modern age, the art of braiding is still seen as an intimate family thing, and it's not unusual for a youth to come out to their parents by the way of braids - for example a daughter asking her father to teach her how to do the "wife's braid", or a son asking her mother how to weave the "husband braid" for their future spouse. Or a trans kid asking their parents to give them the other gender's braid when it's time to transition from the child braid into the "unmarried youth" one.

It is nonetheless still somewhat common to see an older gay man with a "wife's braid" or two older women both wearing "husband braids", because that was the only way they were taught to braid a future partner's hair when they were young. They could learn the "appropriate" braid now, but it has become a part of the culture, an old-fashioned gay thing to do. It's pride - if you wear this braid to show that you're an adult with a spouse, why try to hide who braids your hair every morning?

The only braid that one is expected to do on themselves is the widow's braid - the only one that is also unisex, braided in reverse from the simple children's braid. Sometimes, young unmarried adults who have no interest in starting a family switch directly into wearing a widow's braid to signify that they are not looking for a partner and are independent adults on their own.

#cool world building ideas

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sharks are only smooth one way! they aren't fluffy but if you run your hand backwards on their skin it's rough like sandpaper

did i tell u guys i got into an argument on twitter bc i said foxes are dogs and someone tried to bring up their actual fuckin. classification or whatever and i just said “foxes are dogs cause they are fluffye” and they kept arguing with me. the entire time i was like “you will not survive the immigration to tumblr you are lucky we are not there right now”

#shark fact #idk how to tag this #reblog #???

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Doodled these as well

#amazing :D #hermitcraft charity stream #clumsy cooking was so much fun

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I'm going to lose

#i love them both #amazing #beautiful #wonderful

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the face of a man who's disappointed with his friends for yet again sucking at guess the build

#loved this moment so much #hermitcraft charity stream

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📸📸📸 (screenshot redraws :D)

#:D #hermitcraft charity stream

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hi!! you do not have to follow traditional gender roles to be a man- it's all up to your personal choice. but yes there are stereotypes and assumptions made about different genders- women are typically assumed to be more friendly, emotional, dainty, and caring, while men are usually aggressive, strong, cold, and emotionless. personally i think these are both shit and EVERYONE can be any of these things, but yes these stereotypes do still exist and it is still how many people see gender (i decided fuck that, my gender is i am me and I refuse to be defined like that). But you do not HAVE to follow those stereotypes nor should you need to to be accepted

understandable thank you. honestly ive just opted out of all that shit. im a boy because i like how the word sounds i dont actually want to change who i am or what i look like its purely a cosmetic thing. on a molecular level i am just made out of meat and i do not understand any of society at all so imma just go with it and pretend like i understand

#me except ive said fuck it no gender

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caesars assassination but with empty cardboard tubes

#reblog to bonk a friend

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#yes (occasionally) #at one point i had a rule against self portraits bc i did one and hated it #but that was based on my skill (and lack thereof at that point) #now i doodle myself from time to time #but its a little incriminating seeing as my discord pfp rn is a heavily stylized self portrait #done in pfp resolution too so its pixel-y haha #it feels a little self obsessed to draw yourself too much though (to me) #its tricky

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#there's always nuance #or something we seem to miss #but some people can just never see it

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xie lian's bamboo hat really doesn't have a whole lot of practical use in the novel. very often he doesn't even wear it, he just carries it around on his back. it probably falls to the ground and he has to go back and pick it up more often than he wears it. but he would never go anywhere without it.

because it reminds him that there's good in the world and in humanity. it reminds him that even if everything else is terrible, even if he feels like dying, there's still something worth living for.

at the end of the day, the bamboo hat is what makes xie lian different from jun wu. because he was able to see that even if most of the world is cruel, there's also kindness and he chose to focus on that kindness while jun wu chose to focus on the cruelty.

it's probably one of the strongest symbols in this novel, but in a very literal way it also serves as a reminder for xie lian of why he keeps going after all those years and it's why he always goes back to retrieve it when he loses it somewhere along the way

#someday im going to reread the series #(just finished it the other day) #and im going to see these symbolisms and foreshadowing that i never saw the first time #and it will be so beautiful #tgcf #tgcf spoilers

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🏹🗡 And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again

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Saw the new EP today with the multiple rods and I just had to do something.

This man has seen The Horrors

#such a good concept #i love it #art!! #hermitcraft

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rewatching 3rd life lately

#DAMN the use of color and shapes #its so sharp #i love it so much #ive never even watched third life so maybe i should but like #hermitcraft!! #but still this is amazing

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Guys, please, Tango doesn't consider himself a builder in the same way Michelangelo might not consider himself a painter* (see tags). You can accept you're very good at two things, and still consider yourself better at one over the other. It's not negative talk when he calls himself a redstone guy.

#id also like to add that his building skills have improved a lot recently and the way he sees himself currently may be an older view #he mightve just been doing redstone for longer and considering himself a redstone guy for longer and either hasnt really reevaluated or #just prioritizes redstone over building #my only evidence is the difference in building and design (visually) between decked out one and two #sure theres some new features like skulk and new blocks and everything but he definitely improved building wise since season 7 to season 9 #feel free to provide better evidence saying otherwise (anybody) but thats my thoughts on it #i otherwise agree with you op