#and the world goes on

[words-and-coffee]

I have a million ideas. I have last year’s ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar

Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On - Poem with an End in Sight

#Franny Choi #The World Keeps Ending #and the World Goes On #Poem with an End in Sight #quote #quotes #poetry #poetry excerpt #poetry quotes #poetry quote #poem quote #poem quotes #poem excerpt

[890prodoctions]

Oh hey everyone i guess I'm here again.

I went on vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls,Mostly to play MagiQuest actually. But they didn't have a secure Wi-Fi connection so i just decided to go offline... But now I'm Back! MagiQuest was really fun! I actually ended up completing everything and I became a Master Magi! I got a bunch of merch as well. I'll be making a separate post about that soon-ventually. But yeah that's basically it really. I just played MagiQuest while I was gone.

#I fucking love MagiQuest. #I have not stopped thinking about it for months. #And now I can officially call myself a Master magi! #I even got the button! #I bought some pins too! #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #1/9 Legacy MagiQuest locations Visited. #My Magi name is Blood Moon in case you're curious... #I will visit every legacy location eventually. that's a promise (not really... I'm afraid of promises.) #I love MagiQuest #Wait no I said that already #AND THE WORLD GOES ON #MAGIC FILLS THE AIR ON THE WAY TO MAGIQUEST #THERE'S ADVENTURES TO BE SHARED ON THE WAY #TO MAAAAAAGIIQUEEEEESSSTT!!!!

[rissaito]

hm, the commotion isn’t unwelcome… just this time.

#BYE the way this was supposed to be for alhaitham’s birthday over a MONTH ago #and the slowest drawer in the world award goes to… ME!! WAHOO #but hey at least i finished it instead of letting it rot in my wip folder for the rest of time #better late than never #happy bday alhaitham #my art #genshin impact #alhaitham #kaveh #paimon #nahida #cyno #tighnari #2024 art #rissaito

[rqg179]

the way brennan lee mulligan plays single mothers needs to be studied because i have been thinking about the delivery of "maybe we could bump up the priority on de-cursing the old ... my only daughter in the world" for 4 days now

#sandra lynn is so. shes fascinating to me and i love her #the way her voice goes so soft as she says my only daughter in the world ..... she loves her kid so much!!!!!!! #my post #d20 #fantasy high #fhjy #also her framing it as 'for ol mom's sake' trying to get fig to prioritise herself if its framed as for someone else ...... #putting them both in a jar and shaking it

[wynnnxy]

Counterfeit jade

#svsss #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #bingqiu #mxtx #fake jade pendant metaphor goes hard #the two things in the world that prove to binghe that he is loved #im not crying you are #wynn arts

[cookiesaddict]

Fbfjfizbz but their hugs tho. 🥺

#dreamworks trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #trolls #trolls movie #trolls branch #trolls trollstopia #trollstopia #trolls the beat goes on #dreamworks #trolls floyd #trolls brozone #brozone #branch trolls #floyd trolls #trolls world tour

[flickering-nightfall]

Playing with some ideas mostly regarding gender/reproduction in RW, and slugcat colonies.

Full transcript under the cut!

Creatures in Rain World are typically simultaneous hermaphrodites but require partners to reproduce, with either individual capable of being a genetic donor or carrier. Alongside what we are familiar with, this has lead to interesting reproductive strategies such as rotating donor/carrier roles, or dual/simultaneous genetic swaps.

Rotating donor/carrier roles - A K-selection reproductive strategy. One partner carries the first child, the other partner carries the next child, and so forth. Allows each partner to recover from the demands of childbearing.

Rain Deer aren't quite monogamous, but they tend to choose the same breeding partner whenever mating season rolls around. They serve as a donor one season, then bear and raise a child the next. Calves are raised away from the rain and worm grass, in places that have less food but more safety. Calf wool is softer, not yet gunked up by the dirty rainfall. Their legs are sturdier as children, allowing them to run for cover while the parent wards off threats.

Dual/simultaneous genetic swap - An r-selection reproductive strategy. Parents fulfill the donor and carrier role for each other. The more children you make, the more likely some are to survive!

Multiple batflies lay thousands of eggs in a single "blue fruit." Several eggs congeal and become nutrient paste for the surviving eggs (and for hungry slugcats). Like some plant seeds, batfly eggs that are consumed before pupating can survive passing through the digestive system. Ew.

Ancients also fell under this umbrella. Their genders (and the genders of iterators by extension, who have no sex anyways) could have been determined by a variety of other factors, such as societal role, donor/carrier preference, or simply different categorizations of personal expression.

It's difficult to say how well their common pronouns would translate to ours, but it seems they can translate to an extent, given what Moon and Pebbles use canonically.

Slugcats, like real slugs, can have children with a partner or self-fertilize. Unlike real slugs, they are often known to adopt.

In the case of self-fertilization: children who are born from one parent may display a large amount of genetic diversity despite the circumstances. Maybe slugcats have some sort of... genetic reservoir independent of their own genetic code?

Slugcats live 20-30 years on average... if they manage to reach adulthood. Their mortality rate is sadly rather high, especially in pups. If they were to develop as a civilization, it's likely their lifespan would increase dramatically.

Slugcats in a colony are more likely to have more children, and to successfully rear those children to adulthood, than those who wander alone or in small groups. The safety and stability of a colony cannot be understated.

Colonies either have a set, cycling migration path, or wander continuously. Survivor and Monk's tree home was a nesting site that their colony frequents about once a year. So it's likely that they'll see their family again!

...also, the strength of large colonies are why scavengers are likely to become the dominant species. In the time of Saint's era, continuous migration has become more of a risk, and it has become more difficult to support large populations. Slugcat populations have shrunk back to the more forgiving equatorial zones.

Saint's tongue is pretty unusual and probably unique to them, or to a small population that they hail from. Fur (of varying thickness) is much more common.

Meanwhile, scavengers are bulkier and covered in thicker insulating fur. They:

have seemingly massive populations

have a burgeoning society (the existence of merchants, tolls, bartering, elites and leaders)

are adept at communicating (non-verbally)

manipulate their environment

can build structures (scavenger-made structures were a scrapped idea from Saint's campaign)

can create complex weapons and tools

may have agriculture behind the scenes (unsure if scout parties prioritize exploration or hunting)

I would wager on scavengers developing more quickly than slugcats, but it would be nice if there was a future where both could co-exist.

#oops! impromptu rendering practice! #rotating donor/carrier roles could also be an r-selection strat #but i feel like it'd be more common as a k-selection strat #rain world #worldbuilding #headcanons #flickerdoodles #art #um #ask to tag? #that goes for all of my posts #rw spoilers #dp spoilers #saint spoilers #long post

[pinkglitterings]

🩷human poppy and branch💙 they cuties i lov them

#broppy #poppy #branch #dreamworks trolls #trolls world tour #trolls #queen poppy #dreamworks #poppy and branch #trolls the beat goes on #dreamworks fanart

[akanemnon]

Turns out this new Dark World is paid DLC

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

Heads up: By the time this comic is published I will be on a trip to visit my partner in the US. Asks will stay closed for the time being! I will officially be back on April 28.

#deltarune #undertale #crossover #crossover comic #utdr #undertale fanart #deltarune fanart #twin runes #twin runes comic #kris dreemurr #frisk #chara #deltarune susie #ralsei #and here we have our first real encounter with this Dark World's residents #and they're immediately trying to scam our heroes #what a great start to a fun adventure #maybe it's a little to soon to ask this #but you might be able to guess the theme of this place already #just by looking at these guys alone #but it'll be a bit more clear as time goes on

[hammysamhah]

tiny and bruce were really cute i loved how his dad instincts just took over when it came to tiny and how tiny seemed to really like bruce

the way tiny looked at bruce😭 and how he mimicked his way of driving😭😭😭 AND HIDING IN HIS HAIR LIKE HE DOES WITH GUY

that’s it .

#trolls band together #trolls fandom #trolls fanart #dreamworks trolls #trolls the beat goes on #trolls world tour #tiny diamond #trolls bruce #trolls spruce #can we start shipping guy with bruce lowkey #two dads #bruce has two hands #bruce can have 50 giant kids and then 1 mini kid i think #let the trolls (and puppet) be poly

[tamagoneko]

variety pack of boyfriend flavors ❤️💙

#dreamworks trolls #broppy #branch x poppy #branch trolls #poppy trolls #rock zombie branch #she love her bf <333 #my au.. i need a proper au name for him >:( #i personally think the cartoon picked weird colors for him but its whatever #trolls world tour #trolls the beat goes on #im going back to bed.. my head is killing me #fanart #my art #chibi #cute #tumblr artist #artist on tumblr #oh before i forgor i might put togeather the different bwanches in another post if idk yet

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 214

“I did an oopsie.” 

Clockwork paused in his work, gaze turning from his work towards his ghostling (it didn’t matter if he was an adult, he’d always be his ghostling) who was smiling nervously, avoiding his eyes. 

“Oh?” He kept his tone light, even as he worked on untangling a time knot. Honestly at least Danny was immune to any effect of time, even if he couldn’t look into his timelines in exchange. It came with being the other half of Infinity. 

“Yeeah… you know that corner of the multiverse you told me not to go to because you’re working on some time problems? I might have stumbled into one of the worlds in the corner…” 

He stopped his machinations, fully turning towards Danny- Space, his Core whispered and quivered in utter delight at having an Equal in power- with a raised eyebrow, leaning on his staff and silently telling him to explain. 

Danny poked his fingers together, giving a nervous laugh. “So uh, I was just exploring right? Well me and Ellie, you know how she gets when she can’t wander, and um… I er, we might have messed with some things in the creation of it… I didn’t know it was part of that universe, I swear! It was so far at the fringes and halfway into the Zone and I couldn’t just let a universe die before it began and-”

Oh- Oh! His ghostling (and his grand-ghostlings it sounded like) had claimed his first universe! He could put off these time knots, this was a grand milestone for any Ancient, nevermind such a primordial force as one of theirs.

And this is how a DC world came into being with humans evolving with more avian traits. Like wings. And claws. Look, Dan thought it’d be funny if they gave baby humanity wings and Ellie started rambling about how much farther they could travel if they had them and Danny thought it could be cool. Oh well, time to keep an eye on their itty baby world now…

#Prompts #DCxDP #DPxDC #Ancient of Space Danny #Space Core Danny #Moon Core Ellie #Sun Core Dan #Why yes Dan & Ellie call Danny Mom/Dad #Wings Au #They all have favorite bloodlines that they think are neat or they’re rooting for #They also make sure the speedsters (“Look at them! They’re hummingbirds! They can’t focus!”) don’t cause Time Knots #Sam Adores Gotham from the moment Danny shows his friends their lil DC world #And that’s not even starting on the rest of things not even on Earth #Dan appears by Clark’s crib unseen one night & gifts him wings to be able to blend in with his human family #They can’t focus on every little thing but they do their best since it’s their first world #Whenever a hero is revived their wings look like they’ve been dipped in galaxies for several months at least #Jason’s never goes away- they look like a crimson sunrise with stars #Billy got a gift from Ellie & his wings have moon patterns even in his normal child form #Go wild with this

[radiance1]

The ghost king was a cat.

No one, not even Constantine, knew of this fact. Until the day the eldritch ghost of the infinite was summoned by a wayward cult who wished for the destruction of the world.

He was a large cat, actually. About, roughly, bigger than a car with green fur, an eyepatch over one of his eyes, large horns-thought one was broken-, and a flaming green crown floating above his head.

The ghost king laid on his side and the summoning seemingly interrupted him from... grooming? A smaller cat that laid next to the king that, while smaller than the king (or perhaps his father?) was larger than the average dog.

Meanwhile, Pariah Dark is not exactly pleased he was summoned, with obvious intent to destroy/enslave a world. How rude of them. Don't they know he's on, what was it?

Danny: Your redemption arc, dad.

Yes, his redemption arc!

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #dcxdp #dc x dp crossover #Both the cultists and Justice League are stunned that ghost king is a cat #And that he has a child #Even though he isn't here Clockwork is also a cat #Just because #Danny got dragged along in the summoning #Pariah is upset because he's on his redemption arc and being summoned the destroy/enslave a world goes against that #Why are they cats? idk #Its neat #:3

[bunjywunjy]

spotted a tiny moving line on the basement wall from the treadmill just now and hopped off to investigate, peered closely at it for a second only to realize it was a millipede and I could leave it alone, got back on the treadmill and went about my business. this was probably really funny from the millipede's perspective

#for just a second your entire world goes dark as the light is eclipsed by an unspeakably enormous head #and then an enormous appendage points at your tiny face and a giant voice booms out SON BOY ALLOWED #and then it's over and everything goes back to normal. what the fuck

[weedhillfarm]

Funniest girl in the world (loves to beat up babies)

#she goes out of her way to headbutt every baby in the world #she sucks 🧡 #princess #goats

[cookiesaddict]

Not Floyd needing to take one more look at Branch before leaving and Branch wearing his vest. 😭

#trolls branch #trolls broppy #trolls movie #poppy trolls #trolls poppy #trolls #branch trolls #trolls 3 #dreamworks trolls #trolls the beat goes on #trolls floyd #trolls john dory #trolls clay #trolls spruce #queen poppy #broppy #trolls band together #trolls world tour #trolls holiday in harmony #trolls trollstopia #trollstopia #brozone #dreamworks