#because he’d just kill them

[literarylibraryliterally]

I love the Cruel Prince/Folk of the Air series so so so so so much, there IS SO MUCH ABOUT IT !! But one thing I continually keep thinking about which tears me apart is Madoc and Jude’s relationship. Tiktok keeps showing me art of them and it hurts me every single damn time.

He literally killed her parents but took her and her sisters in, and he was the *only* thing in the new world she had besides her sisters. The way she bonded with him in learning to be brutal, fighting.

This is a pivot haha but it makes me think of what Jamie Lee Curtis’ character says in Knives Out about her dad. Something along the lines of “to keep up with him or gain his attention, you (she) had to come up with your own language with him”.

How so many daughters have to find something that bonds them with their dad. How my own sister did everything she could to gain praise from my dad.

Jude needed Madoc. That’s all she had. Despite HIM being the reason her life was destroyed. Him being the reason she has to live in this world, be bullied and abused everyday, to fight and fight for her place and be constantly in a state of survival mode.

Knowing of his betrayal. Of the King. Of later, her. But still holding onto that.

It makes me think about how so frequently despite what our parents do to us we still, some part of us, wants their acceptance and love.

#no because the detail in their relationship is not talked about enough #someone recently said how Jude mentions she could tell him how the fae treat her but she doesn’t #because he’d just kill them #LIKE #I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START UNPACKING ALL THAT #something something being the mature one and doing what you can to not be the problem #and taking more responsibility than your own parents #idk maybe I’m projecting🤪 #my dad definitely was no Madoc #but #it was rough at times #more than yall needed to know ! #the cruel prince #folk of the air #jude duarte #madoc #book thoughts #I need to reread this series damn #reading log #reading #books #media journal

[gray-s0ns]

he literally said i’ll break your kneecaps. this is why alfred is the scariest member of the batfam

#like think about it #he never took an internal or external oath against killing and maiming #everyone just assumes he’d never do something like that #but whenever he threatens them with violence when they’re about to do something stupid #they all shut up and listen because they know he might actually do it #batfam #alfred pennyworth #dc comics #cas.txt

[thejasontoddarchives]

52/WW III Part One: A Call to Arms #1 (2007)

You know you’ve hit rock bottom when you’re standing naked in front of a monument meant to honor a dead version of yourself while you’re alive, holding the Nightwing suit in one hand and the pill helmet in the other

#peak male form actually #jason todd #dc #I love how nobody but Martian Manhunter really knew the brothers in blood arc had started and even then it was just a side note #because too much shit was happening in this story for that to have any bearing whatsoever at that moment #but also because Jason playing dress up isn't a big league issue it just happened to cross manhunter's radar lol #so Jason makes the decision to dress up as Nightwing and go to ny as black adam is destroying the world and the trinity is gone #he finds a group of criminals about to run off with a suitcase of cash #he gives them a mini lecture about how irresponsible it is for decorated self-important heroes like Bruce to disappear at a time like this #and how it’d also be irresponsible of him if he’d let them get away knowing they’re going to fuck shit up while the world is ending #it’s implied he killed them #then it cuts to a panel of him with the suitcase #saying that’s the easiest money he made and ‘this vigilante thing is a breeze’ #as if he didn’t pretty much do the same thing to the biggest drug lords of Gotham like five minutes ago #giving them a big scare and leaving with 40% of their millions #granted he did have to guillotine a bunch of their lieutenants but he said it himself it was only 2 hrs and he got 40% #also that second part is even funnier because he says it as if vigilantism isn’t *the only thing* he’s done pretty much his whole life #like. you boosted car parts and sold them for money to dodge the foster system. then you were robin. ROBIN. #edit: phrasing

[worstloki]

My issue with Thor not ‘realizing’ why Loki was acting off in Avengers 1 isn’t that Thor didn’t recognise Loki was acting unlike himself—Thor did note that—or that Thor didn’t figure out what was wrong—he did try asking—it’s more along the lines of Thor giving up, and that he accepted Loki was bad now within two days while knowing something was off when Thor himself behaved just as bad for much longer before without any specific compromising event.

#Thor was happy go kill for so long and Loki waited for Thor to get better and then Thor KNOWS something is up #and he still accepts Loki is evil now and never questions or visits Loki in prison again #he moped around about it because of duty and depression but that he had such little faith in Loki #like either his little brother really did go mad out of jealousy and rage AND is permanently like that with no resolution between them #it’s ridiculous #I like the Thor in my head who never believed Loki had actually gone mad and went after the infinity stones bc he suspected #the one that would not only trust Loki to get them off Asgard in TDW but knew Loki had the throne after and let it be that way #bc he knows his brother and wouldn’t stop believing Loki can ‘get better’ even if he’d truly gone mad #like I get that Thor in Avengers 1 would have been conflicted and could’ve taken everything at face value #Loki was DEAD and now he’s not of course Thor isn’t going to be thinking straight #it’s easy to look at Loki and assume he spent a year plotting revenge after faking his death #but Thor had time after to cool down and only gave Loki a chance in TDW when there was no other option #like did he genuinely think Loki will try to kill him #is Thor scared of Loki now or what #Thor’s spending so much time thinking of what he’s lost that he develops depression but doesn’t ever voice or support the idea that maybe #Loki was forced to do the invasion #AFTER he asks ‘who controls the would-be king’ like come on Thor just ask a follow-up question #Thor autistic king distracted by ‘YOUR father’ discourse fr #T-T #I simply don’t think Thor would have given up on Loki even if Loki stabbed him sorry #it wouldn’t even be bc he’s naive it’d be because he knows and loves his brother #and he’d keep hoping for a change of heart #he wouldn’t ditch the issue unless it was to go under the radar and that’s never explicitly implied #unfortunately #:(

[shaykai]

Not that I’ve been keeping up with lore or anything, but I don’t feel like Nightmare or Error would let anyone else kill their respective nemesi

#not to say that they don’t let other people hurt them. ink gets into too much trouble for error to keep him out of it #and nightmare I feel has no qualms telling his lackeys to beat dream up #buuuut I feel like if one of their lives was genuinely being threatened these two would intervene somehow #could just be soft headcanons on my end but ink and error are weird friends. as in like. they tolerate each other because they can’t #actually kill each other- and if anyone did find a way to permantly kill one of them they would shut that down #I could see nightmare managing to kill dream? but I don’t think he’d be okay about it djdjdjdjjd (and I do think he’d be very upset if #anyone else managed to kill dream) #doodle #sketch #utmv #undertale AU #undertale #error sans #ink sans #nightmare sans #dreamtale #inktale #errortale

[blluespirit]

I sort of like the thought that Zuko and Aang take the Sun Warriors' warning not to tell anyone about the dragons a little more seriously… and they keep it between them. Of course, they trust Sokka, Toph and Katara. Of course they know they wouldn’t tell anyone, but now three people (including Iroh) know the truth about Ran and Shaw. And that’s three too many when you’re trying to keep a secret.

(and there are other people at the temple as well - like Haru, Teo and The Duke - who, while trustworthy, aren’t as close to them as the others, and when it comes to secrets with as much consequence as this one, you can’t afford to take any chances.)

Furthermore, the culture within the Fire Nation since Sozin’s rein has been warped. The culture is not to respect the dragons as the original firebenders, it’s to conquer and kill them. It’s the ultimate proof of your strength as a firebender. All it takes is one mistake before rumour spreads, and people go looking for the ultimate hunt. It’s not something Zuko or Aang can risk.

Whether Katara, Toph and Sokka (and Suki) ever find out the truth is up to you. But post-war, after Zuko returns from a strange, poorly explained trip with a dragon, and eventually develops the ability to use rainbow fire, either the others have some questions about Aang’s knowing look, or they are finally let in on a monumental secret.

#it’s a kids show so i think for that reason it was played for laughs about keeping the dragons a secret is not necessarily a bad choice... #the show does that sometimes where it says something off hand and then leaves me lying face down contemplating ✨the consequences✨ of that #but there are some… implications there about being too loose lipped with the truth in leading up to the end of and immediately post #war fire nation. just because zuko understands the spiritual significance of a dragon it does not mean the rest of his people will. actuall #its more likely that they'd reject zuko's opinion considering that he's basically coming into power and then telling everyone that #they've been lied to their whole lives. the fire nation is drowning in propaganda. for a lot of people this opinion of dragons and #firebending's true nature being violence and destruction is all they know. fire is LIFE but to most people that's an alien concept #and in terms of keeping secrets - it’s not even a matter of trust it’s a matter of too many people knowing #you might not even realised you’ve revealed some incredible information to someone who has the means to spread it or pursue it #so… i think zuko would be hyper aware of this. since he grew up hearing stories about the 'glory' of dragon hunting #and since iroh has also made a concerted effort to keep this information hidden i think it makes sense he’d be very hesitant to let it #get out to the public #aang would agree i think esp if zuko explained the importance of hiding them even from loved ones #ALSO random but it also makes me wonder what the fire nation said about roku in wake of the war #he had a dragon but he didn’t kill it. he didn’t ’conquer’ it #sozin would have had to work his ASS off to reframe history as him being the more… loyal(?) patriotic (?) of the two #did he frame it as roku didn’t have the courage to kill a dragon??? that he lacked the strength of a true firebender? #the avatar works hard but sozin's propaganda machine works harder 🧍‍♀️ #zuko #aang #avatar the last airbender #zuko & aang #jack talks #sun warriors #book 3 #what is it with me having a whole separate post in the tags 👁️👄👁️

[unnerving-presence]

lowkey annoying how the same people who say “wesker would not say he loves you” and accuse people who say that of making wesker ooc are the same people who genuinely think he’d kill you for interacting with him, which is also ooc

#like shut up shut up shut up y’all only like him cause he’s hot and you have no actually regard for his character #y’all r so annoying thinking in his general life he’d be genuinely disgusted at a normal human interaction #no he wouldn’t kill you the second he saw you he’s not an impulsive person #y’all only think that because he’s weird as fuck in re5 and you base all your opinions on him strictly on that game #did you forget the part where he literally fucked some girl from edonia ??? and had a partnership with her ??? #people who genuinely think he acts like his re5 self in his general life do not know his charcater at all #and it’s so genuinely frustrating to see him so out of character in that way #also people wanting wesker to comfort them does not mean they think he’s a soft little baby man #it’s called having a comfort character #of course the character is gonna be softer #people who go ‘he wouldn’t comfort you he’d kill you in a second’ are the most insufferable people #shut up and let people have a comfort character #i could rant for hours about how wesker is perceived so wrongly by other wesker fans #well.. THOSE wesker fans that r annoying asf #oh lawd #(they just think he’s hot and have only seen him in re5) #daily reminder wesker would not kill you the second you spoke to him 👍 #he prob doesn’t know you he has 0 incentive to kill you #like why is he being characterized like a sensitive angry man #why would i ever want to associate wesker with a real man #no thank you

[sammygender]

spn s10 finale ate. sam as sacrificial lamb :(. can’t believe they fucking killed charlie

#well i can believe because she’s a woman. but #Sam i LOVE all the shit you’ve been doing <333 #dean you WILL burn in hell (affectionate) #dean really just said he’d rather kill death than his baby brother and it was somehow entirely unsurprising #i think this is like the first season finale in ages where they’ve been united at the end instead of one of them dying or fucking off #the last was s4 #they were really going for a s3/4 vibe this season what w dean being real doomed and sam trying crazy shit to save him #and i liked it! bit of a mess. objectively good? not really. but i’ve enjoyed a lot #spn #spn s10 #oliver talks

[kittykatninja321]

my theory is that outside of the already established killers, Babs is the only non-lethal bat who could kill somebody and sleep soundly the same night

#Everyone is always like ‘what about that time Dick killed the Joker’ like he didn’t immediately regret it and feel awful about it. He doesnt #have that dog in him like That. Tim would seem ok at first but then he’d start overthinking and his moral freak out would sneak up on him #Stephanie? Maybe #Babs tho? Babs would kill the Joker without blinking I know that in my heart #I think all of them are capable of murder (because lots of people are technically capable of murder just most are incredibly unlikely to do #it) the question is if they would be able to live with themselves after #dc

[flashhwing]

suddenly had a vision of warden molly and now I’m sad there’s no tieflings in dragon age

#warden molly would be so fun #he’d hate it SO MUCH #I imagine the only way to get him to join would be a ‘well im dying of the blight may as well give it a shot’ scenario #he plans to cut and run at the first available moment but then. well. fuck #suddenly I’m the ONLY gray warden left? I gotta save the world now? #like fine sure I’ll save the world I guess but he’s dragging his feet and being so sassy about it #does not get along with leliana but gets along with morrigan much the same as he does with beau #constantly flirting with Alistair just to fuck with him but then later. to fuck him #zevran joins and everyone’s like ‘oh maker there’s two of them’ #is not gonna kill Loghain until he realizes Alistair will actually divorce him over it then he’s like Well Okay old man murder time #ultimate sacrifice ending because unfortunately. is it molly if he doesn’t die </3 #this has been a post

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

did the zenin every try to convince megumi to stay with them by not beating the hell out of him? like were they ever nice or kind? other than maki and mai and the few times together, does megumi have any positive memories of anyone in the zenin?

idk just seems a bit counterintuitive to continuously isolate and destroy your relationship with the biggest thing since sliced bread by never showing him an ounce of kindness or sympathy even when he’s a kid.

So yes and no.

In their minds, they absolutely did, but Megumi would say they didn’t. The key issue is that they never tried to appeal to Megumi for who he actually was, but who they wanted him to be. They were trying to be nice to someone who wasn’t real to begin with.

Megumi got special treatment from the rest of the clan. He had the nicest clothes. He had personal trainers. He had the direct attention of the head of the clan. He had a private bathhouse and servants to attend him in it. He had a private room in the home of the clan head, who had the nicest home in the entire compound. All his meals were prepared for him and brought to serve him directly.

In the eyes of the clan, they were spoiling him. Everyone else was fighting for scraps. They all trained, but it was in crowded, sweaty rooms where they didn’t get attention unless they were already exceptional. The Zenin clan is very old fashioned, so they don’t really have private baths in homes. They were all bathing in communal bathhouses where you had to wait for your turn and half the time you got there and realised that you were out of soap.

Beating him was never a big deal, in the Zenin’s mind. They all got beat. It was a part of training. You learn to think through pain and react in a fight if you’re experiencing real pain, which is the exact reasoning Maki brings to hitting Yuuta during training. If they made the Ten Shadows exempt from that, they’d be weakening the person who was supposed to be their strongest by coddling him.

So the Zenin would say Megumi was already being spoiled by the clan, and any attempt to stop his training in handling pain was just another attempt at sabotaging his development.

The thing is that Megumi didn’t want any of the things that they were “spoiling” him with.

He hated the clothes they had made for him. He wanted to wear his own clothes. He couldn’t even pick what to wear. It was another way he lost control. Yeah, they gave him his own room in the nicest house, but he was getting locked into it, and he was only in there when they had finished training him to the point of collapse. The bathhouse was a traumatizing experience for him. He was stripped down and forcibly bathed by strangers. It wasn’t a luxury to him; it was a violation. He would have taken the communal bathhouse any day. He had no say in what he ate, and his meals were brought to him because it allowed the Zenin to pack his schedule even tighter, because he didn’t even get real meal breaks. He just paused to eat and then immediately picked up with whatever they were teaching him. But they never registered any of this as driving him away, because they were too deluded by who they wanted him to be rather than who he actually was. The Ten Shadows in their mind would not only not be upset by this, but he would appreciate it. Megumi was meant to be honoured by the clothes and the room and the private bathhouse. And he would be, as soon as they broke him of Gojo’s control. Any time he expressed upset was just another show of what Gojo had done to him. He needed to be freed from it, so they never actually heeded him begging them to stop.

It’s also important to note that most of the Zenin didn’t know how bad the beatings were.

Again, all of them got beat. The clan head got beat when he was a kid. It’s expected for them. But none of them got beat as badly as Megumi, except for maybe his father when he was Megumi’s age.

Because a lot of the beatings weren’t coming at the hands of someone who wanted him to love the clan. They were coming from Naoya. Who hated him.

Naoya wants him to hate the clan. Fuck, he wants him dead. Megumi is everything he was supposed to be, and he wants him gone. He wants to hurt him.

Naoya got more access to Megumi than anyone else in the clan when Megumi was a kid. He was one of their most gifted fighters and high up in the clan, but not so high up that he was busy with actually running it, so he was tapped in as his trainer. He went farther in hurting megumi than anyone else in the clan thought or expected he was. He was just supposed to hit him when he taught him how to fight, to train him how to take pain, and as a disciplinary measure to break him of Gojo’s influence. But even then, discipline in the Zenin compound usually stops at a few slaps. Like, they still all are abusing their children, don’t get me wrong, but the extent of the abuse that all of them face was no where close to the abuse that megumi was under.

Naoya wasn’t beating Megumi to train him. He was beating him to hurt him. He wanted Megumi to suffer as much as possible. He wanted to make him feel pain.

The rest of the clan never heard Gojo’s claims that he had taken Megumi away because they were beating him, but they wouldn’t have believed them if they did. Megumi was supposed to be their strongest, so if they could take training, he could take training. He was getting every luxury and benefit that they weren’t getting. The whole clan thought he was being treated like a little prince. Of course he didn’t need to be protected from them. They all have the mindset of “my parents hit me when I fucked up, and I turned out fine.”

If Megumi hadn’t had cursed energy, Naoya would have killed him with how badly he was beating him within a month. Even with cursed energy, he almost killed him.

It’s not the expected norm to beat clan members within an inch of their life, unless they’re failures like Megumi’s dad who they actually want to kill. That would be counterintuitive. They need their members in peak physical condition to be fighters. No one there would believe that’s what Naoya was doing if they knew.

The worst of the abuse came from someone who actually hated megumi and wanted to hurt him. But none of the “positive” things they said they spoiled Megumi with actually had any kind of positive impact on Megumi, because they refused to accept him as he was. They were trying to spoil the fantasy they had of him. But the actual child had lost all control of his life, was terrified of them, and was traumatised every time he set foot on the compound.

#sea glass gardens #even their acts of love hurt him #and it’s because they refused to let him keep the parts of himself he didn’t want to lose #if they had let him wear his own clothes and bathe himself then so much of the trauma just wouldn’t have happened #he would have liked them more #but they wanted him to look like the fantasy so they refused #the only time that Naobito directly condoned megumi being beaten past the expectation was when Megumi humiliated him by refusing to let him #kill Shiro. he was trying to break megumis sentimentality towards his Shikigami that he perceived as a dangerous weakness #Naoya went farther than anyone thought he’d go then #but he had also been pushing it every time he was alone with megumi #Naoya hated him. everyone else just loved a fantasy. #they also never thought that they HAD to convince megumi to stay with them #he belonged to them. they were entitled to him. #it’s really important to note that the zenin clan is an echo chamber #what they think of as pampering their children is still abuse #like with calling Megumi the Ten Shadows #maki herself didn’t think it was a bad thing #they think it’s a sign of honor and respect #but it was just dehumanizing when it happened to megumi #he couldn’t even have his NAME #he didn’t want to be called the ten shadows. he wanted to be called megumi. no one would ever call him Megumi. he begged them to and they #just wouldn’t because the ten shadows in their mind accepted the title as an honorific. #it’s been a decade and Tsumiki still gets violently upset on megumis behalf if people call him the ten shadows. #he was fucking traumatised by it

[tariah23]

Now he’s trying to lie when he literally tagged Princeton like 5 fucking time. White people are so evil, bro. They always know what they’re doing when they do shit like that. With the attempt to bring harm to Black people who they want to “get out of the way,” because they don’t think that we belong in the same spaces as them while at the same time, believing they should be allowed INTO our spaces and afforded hospitality and a whole red carpet rolled out. The sad thing is, she has connections to the industry because of her uncle and name so what if this was just a random Black woman who worked for Princeton without this kind of protection at all…?

#I’m glad that she’s alright though #why is he trying to dumb down what he intended by saying that ‘she was trolling so I trolled back’ like she like many other black people #are always dead serious when we tell whites and nbs to stay out of black folks business #simply put #he just got offended since a black woman told him to stay in his own lane #he dumb ass didn’t even know who she was even though he’d interviewed her family multiple times before #a Russian making millions off of black culture what a joke #black people gotta be tired of being used #one day man #the sad thing is of course black men hate black women sm that they were defending vlad on his behalf (not surprised lol) #and I saw other black women being pick me’s going on about ‘what makes her SO much more special than other black people-‘ like are you…. #do you bitches have rocks for brains or… these same people are the reasons why nbs and whites will always feel comfortable coming into our #shit and wrecking the place you guys don’t stand for anything and you allow others to trample over your own people #stand up one day #the sad thing is #ppl are still gonna go onto his platform to allow him to interview them and make money off of their name #this is one of the first times that I’ve seen black people really get in vlad’s ass though because what he tried to do to this black woman #was absolutely vile and this is the kind of shit that gets black people killed and put into bad positions #fucking loser #rambling

[desceros]

god damn it nanowrimo starts tomorrow night and here i am thinkin about possessive bayverse leo i fkkin hate it hereeeeeeeeeeee

#text tag #once he lets himself have you he’ll break his own fingers before he lets you go #ohhhmgmgmmyggggddddd #he’d be soooo annoying about you wearing his clothes. about using the same body wash. sleeping in the same sheets. #he’d be that boyfriend that like. works you into every conversation. not even on purpose. just because he thinks about you All The Time #and everything reminds him of you. oh this is your favorite color. this is your favorite song. you love this flavor. #donnie: leo if you order one more pair of oversized shirts for your girlfriend the post office will learn where we live and i’ll kill you. #leo: [sweats bc he just placed a second then third order bc the first one Definitely wasn’t enough] #and oh God. hickies. he hates them and loves them in equal measure. he feels like an animal marking you up. #but it feels so Good every time someone looks at them and knows Leonardo Put This Here. Leo Did This. Leo Is Allowed To Do This. #god i need to STOPPPPPPP WHY HAS NO ONE STOPPED ME YET #fragment tag

[blueish-bird]

(Chainsaw Man Spoilers)

AU where Aki survives Part 1 and now not only has to deal with the existential horrors of his new state of being but is also incredibly allergic to dogs, so he lives in the apartment next door to Denji, Nayuta, and their dozen-or-so huskies. (He’s not as allergic to cats, but Meowy likes Denji more than him.)

#he walks Nayuta to school and shit. co-parenting bros (since apparently Kishibe just. brought Nayuta to Denji then ditched) #what’s up with that? #Denji reading parenting books versus Aki spiraling for the third time this week #they switch roles a bit because Denji is better at ignoring constant stress/guilt and adapting to large changes than Aki #Aki is used to being in control and the freedom/agency that being human allowed him. now? he’s lost that. #and he’s been turned - against his will- into a manifestation of the devil that killed his family/he hates most #so like. that sucks. #self-hatred to self-acceptance arc (for both of them in different ways) #Denji would be the type of dude to saw a cat door in the wall separating their apartments [positive] #also if public safety wasn’t aware of his death (again. creative liberties.) I have no idea what entry-level job he’d manage to put up with #I think. he would bully customers. #exclusively does organizational/stock room work #and I think that Denji does hero work while Aki handles crowd control (while avoiding any use of his new abilities whenever possible) #csm #csm aki #csm denji #chainsaw man #csm spoilers #chainsaw man spoilers #csm part 1 spoilers #chainsaw man part 1 spoilers #meposting #my csm thoughts #Aki lives #I think. they should both rest. everyone in chainsaw man needs a hug and a nap. #(except for himeno. she needs to be studied.)

[representative-blank]

Notes for POs, from a very, very pissed off congressional debater:

If there is a tie, you, the PO, vote to break the tie. You do not, and I mean do not, just declare that the bill fails.

If you are at a tournament that doesn’t have preset precedence and recency, and you’re starting out the session, you then need to pick speakers at random. What does random mean? Random means you pick whoever stands up first. Not who you want, not someone from your school, if you need to pick from randomness, you need to pick whoever stands up first.

Do not hold grudges or try and screw over a specific speaker if you thought they did really well. I cannot stress this enough, if you pick randomly, you pick whoever stands up first

more to be added

#congressional debate #speech & debate #speech and debate #congress #congress debate #rep. rambles #rep. advice #this is aimed to the aforementioned bitch ass po who screwed me over and quite literally stopped me from breaking I didn’t do anything wron #but he decided to not pick me FOR AN ENTIRE SESSION FOR NO REASON when I was doing everything right & actually did great session 1 #and then this BASTARD decides he hates me and doesn’t pick me to speak when i stand every cycle and new people stand and he picks them over #me. and it was supposed to be an early constructive but this prick decided that we could pick everyone but me so we’d have to BREAK CYCLE s #i can speak. if I ever see this motherfucker ever again im gonna kill him. i worked my ass off for this tournament and this bastard decided #he’d screw me over in just one fell swoop because he fucking could. i want to kill myself and him as well rn

[ssruis]

Aside from the noble platypus I also feel like rui would really enjoy these animals:

Mola mola/Sunfish

Anteater

Echidna

Kiwi

Kākāpō

Axolotl

Horseshoe crab

Gibbon

#i have reasoning for all of these beyond ‘they look funny’ trust #mola mola are just. so fucking weird man. they’re so odd. their back fin grows back on itself? they’re so rigid it reduces drag #but they ‘swim’ really slowly? they swim similar to how a bird flies. just sideways. largest bony fish. they bask to get enough warmth #to allow them to dive super deep to forage for food (cold blooded so they’d be fucked without doing that) #anteaters are interesting. did you know they’ve (the giant ones) killed jaguars and humans before #because they walk on the knuckles to keep the huge knives on their feet sharp and their threat response #is basically just ‘swipe blindly (poor vision) at whatever comes close until it stops coming back’ #echidnas are fellow monotremes (only ones besides the platypus) and are just as strange #they also have electrosensors (~2000 compared to the platypus’s 40000) and a similarly low body temp #(second lowest of all mammals after. u guessed it. the platypus) and are actually decent swimmers despite looking Like That #kiwis are weird beasts. #massive eggs compared to their body size. rely more on scent than sight because their eyes are so tiny and under developed. #kākāpō are the heaviest parrot and also the only flightless parrot. they also kinda resemble owls face wise? and they’re green. #evolved with no natural predators and are currently being fucked over by invasive rats #axolotl is self explanatory #although to give a fun fact the wild type is naturally brown. the fun colored ones would be easy prey in the wild. #& they’re capable of going through metamorphosis (like how tadpoles -> frogs) if exposed to the necessary hormones #but they don’t produce it on their own #horseshoe crabs despite having crab in the name are more closely related to spiders/ticks/scorpions than crabs #& gibbons are included because 1 I’m biased towards my favorite animal 2 only species of lesser ape. live in family units. #tbf I think he’d like all apes and probably prefer orangutans/chimps but I’m saving you the extensive lecture on great apes #here at ssruis we strive to be educational. #biology cool. despite me dropping out of the program (treated as premed at my college and I could NOT do chem let alone orgchem/physics) but #i liked biolab/the units abt animals ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #rui