#like we literally feed some to our reptiles so...

[evilbihan]

Kuai Liang is not "nice"

This is technically the second part of my character analysis for Kuai Liang, so be sure to check out the first part focusing on Kuai Liang's personality, goals and his relationship with his brothers and Harumi.

This part will focus on how Kuai Liang treats other characters and upon closer inspection, the image of the "sweet wholesome guy everyone adores" that the fandom crafted for him starts to crumble very quickly.

Kitana and Mileena:

Mileena: My bond with Kitana can't be broken. Scorpion: I'd once thought the same of mine with Bi-Han.

Why exactly is Kuai Liang trying to make Mileena doubt Kitana's loyalty to her? We have all seen Kitana's tower ending. She has gone out of her way to secure her sister's reign, she defends Mileena fiercely and is genuinely worried about her. It upsets her to see other members of the court conspiring against her sister. Kitana is nothing but loyal to Mileena, in a way Kuai Liang was never loyal to Bi-Han.

"I'm disappointed in my brother's decisions and therefore everyone else's siblings suck too." That's not a healthy or mature mindset. He's projecting his own family issues onto Mileena and Kitana, who actually share a wholesome bond, and tries to create distrust and dispute where there is none. And why? Out of jealousy? It's hard to tell, but this was uncalled for.

It's particularly awful because Kitana is actually trying to help fix Kuai Liang's relationship with his own brother while it seems Kuai Liang is trying to ruin hers with Mileena.

Kitana: You've broken Kuai Liang's heart. Sub-Zero: It won't be the only part of him I damage.

Kitana: I understand congratulations are in order. Scorpion: How did news of my marriage reach Outworld?

Kitana: Weapons. Soldiers. Whatever you -- Scorpion: I have all that I need to defeat Bi-Han.

She's also offering him her and Outworld's support and is really just being nice to him, yet he never once shows gratitude and even tries to plant doubts about her in her sister's mind behind her back.

Nitara:

Scorpion: If you would only feed on lower species -- Nitara: Humans are a lower species.

"Lower species"? What species exactly is Kuai Liang talking about here? What's his definition of a lower species? Tarkatans? Netherrealmers? One could assume he means animals, but then why doesn't he say so? Instead, he's using a term that's often used in f*cist language. Who or what he's referring to isn't specified either, but it's definitely a questionable choice of words regardless.

Let's be honest, the mindset that there's "lower species" that are not deserving of life, as Kuai Liang basically implies by claiming Nitara should feed on them instead, says quite a lot about the kind of person he is. No matter what he's speaking of here, I still think this is pretty fucked up from any standpoint, especially because Kuai Liang doesn't explicitly say that he's talking about animals.

This is just my opinion, but even if he were to "only" be talking about animals here, I think it's downright wrong to say any animals are a "lower species", given the fact that we very much depend on certain animals for our own survival. Even if we give Kuai Liang the benefit of the doubt, he still sounds incredibly uneducated and ignorant. To not value the life of other creatures is not a good look on him, but then again we've seen how much he values his own brother's life so the bar is quite literally in hell.

Raiden:

Scorpion: Liu Kang's revelation has shaken my faith in him. Raiden: Understandable, given what he chose to hide.

Reptile: Am I right to put faith in Liu Kang? Scorpion: He's always proven worthy of mine.

Oh, has he now?

Kuai Liang is beginning to sound two-faced. He's certainly not conflicted because he still continues to follow Liu Kang and advices others to do the same. He also doesn't openly criticize or doubt Liu Kang like Tomáš and Bi-Han do. But he himself has lost some of his faith in Liu Kang, yet he judges Bi-Han for having done the same thing? Where does any of that make sense?

Bi-Han:

Scorpion: You would shed your brother's blood? Sub-Zero: Because you choose to stand in my way.

The first blood shed was Bi-Han's, not Kuai Liang's, but because Bi-Han doesn't bear a visible scar, no one acknowledges that.

Kuai Liang is once again showing manipulative behavior here. Blaming everything on his brother and pretending he did nothing wrong. Guilt tripping Bi-Han for something he himself has done.

Kuai Liang's actions are not even the biggest problem here. You can somehow justify what he did with him being hurt/angry when he found out about the true circumstances of his father's death. It's the fact that he refuses to take any responsibility for what he did and acts completely innocent although he's anything but, that shows he's not who the fandom makes him out to be.

Even Bi-Han stands by what he does. Kuai Liang can't even own up to his actions.

Liu Kang:

Liu Kang: You allow vengeance to consume you. Scorpion: I should not punish Bi-Han for his crimes?

So, Liu Kang seems concerned with Kuai Liang's thirst for vengeance. What's even more noteworthy is that we have Kuai Liang, a mortal, speak to Liu Kang, a literal god, about punishing someone else as if he's entitled to do so? Should it not be up to Liu Kang to decide whether Bi-Han deserves forgiveness or punishment? Do we need to add a god complex to the list of Kuai Liang's flaws?

There's nothing honorable about vengeance. It's honorable to be the bigger person and to forgive.

As Chinese philosopher Confucius said:

“Love thy neighbour as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.”

Kuai Liang has none of that honor he claims to value.

Tanya:

Tanya: Liu Kang says we can trust you. Kuai Liang: As long as Outworld's goals don't conflict with Earthrealm's.

Let me translate it: "No, you can't. I'll stop being a reliable ally and might betray you as soon as our interests no longer align." Which is fair enough, he doesn't owe Outworld his loyalty. It's, however, funny that that's exactly what Bi-Han did with Liu Kang/Earthrealm too, but for some reason Kuai Liang is still delusional enough to think he's a more honorable man than his brother?

Kung Lao:

Kung Lao: I bet I could be Shirai Ryu. Scorpion: First, you must learn humility.

Also Scorpion:

Ashrah: I'd do well to follow your example. Scorpion: Then start by studying my kombat.

Quan Chi: Your brother told me of all your weaknesses. Scorpion: A short conversation, sorcerer?

Kuai Liang is a hypocrite who doesn't practice what he preaches. These are just two of many dialogues in which he comes off as overly confident and boastful. He will try to force his own values and ideals onto others but will not uphold them himself. These dialogues are not even the only example of his hypocrisy, but more of that to come later.

Smoke and the Shaolin monks:

Scorpion: Was it worth it, training with the Shaolin? Smoke: Let me show you what I learned.

Yet another example for Kuai Liang's arrogance. "Was it worth it?" What's that even supposed to mean? Admittedly, this might not sound as bad compared to everything else he's said but I invite you to go and listen to this specific intro and pay attention to the tone of his voice. To me, it very much sounds like, as a former Lin Kuei, he thinks there's nothing the monks can teach him and Tomáš anymore and therefore he sees training with them as a waste of time. Overall, Kuai Liang seems to hold little respect for his allies. He might not outright say it, but there's definitely a superiority complex there.

Johnny:

Scorpion: Your mansion was unduly extravagant. Johnny Cage: It came with the megastardom. Package deal.

What gives Kuai Liang the right to judge Johnny for what he does with his money that he's earned from his movies? Judging people and acting like he has the moral high ground over them in any situation is something Kuai Liang does a lot. That alone might not automatically make him a bad person, but it's tasteless and impolite nonetheless.

Johnny Cage: With your skills you'd be a hit, Kuai Liang. Scorpion: Do I look like an entertainer?

Again, if you listen to the actual intro, the distaste in his voice is obvious. He seems to not have much respect for Johnny's profession or for most of his allies' professions, really. Remember his reaction to Tomáš training with the Shaolin monks?

Rain:

Scorpion: Like a dog, you bit the hand that fed you. Rain: You've no right to judge me, Earthrealmer.

He doesn't -- because did Kuai Liang not do the same to Bi-Han? It doesn't matter that Bi-Han chose the wrong side, Kuai Liang's oath was to his grandmaster, not to Earthrealm. Bi-Han broke his oath to Earthrealm and by breaking his own oath to his brother, Kuai Liang is no better. And as I already explained in the first part of my analysis, Kuai Liang always meant to overthrow Bi-Han, even before Bi-Han abandoned his duties to defend Earthrealm. Bi-Han gave in to corruption and became a traitor, Kuai Liang was always a traitor in disguise. Kuai Liang is yet again being a hypocrite in this situation and displays double standards.

Kenshi:

Scorpion: Do not let Sento become a crutch. Kenshi: I could win this fight with or without it.

Does anyone else think this comment sounds a lot like ableism? Who is he to tell a disabled man how to handle his disability? Kenshi is a badass, he's proven that countless of times and he doesn't need Kuai Liang's advice, but Kuai Liang has a habit of acting like he knows better than others.

Bi-Han (again):

Shang Tsung: It was all too simple, pulling your brother's strings. Kuai Liang: It sickens me that he was so easily exploited.

Bi-Han fell victim to Shang Tsung's manipulation, yet here Kuai Liang is, blaming the victim. Meanwhile, Tomáš:

Smoke: I rue the day I ever met you. Quan Chi: No sense dwelling on the past, Tomáš.

Tomáš regrets ever meeting the sorcerers because he rightfully blames the people responsible for this whole mess, Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, not Bi-Han. Kuai Liang is miles away from the same level of emotional maturity Tomáš has.

Scorpion: "Bi-Han's trail has led me to Sun Do." Li Mei: "I'll abide no vigilante justice, Kuai Liang."

Scorpion: If you know where he is, tell me. General Shao: As if I would spill your brother's secrets.

Scorpion: I need help to find Bi-Han. Johnny Cage: Y'know I was only a TV detective, right?

Kuai Liang is making his own family feud everyone else's problem.

SPOILERS: At the same time, when Bi-Han will crash Kuai Liang's wedding in the dlc according to leaks, Kuai Liang will "apologize" to those who attended that they got dragged into his war with Bi-Han, once again painting his brother as the villain. Could he be any more duplicitous? I think the main reason why Smoke is not mentioned in any leaks is because the writers might deliberately not want him to be there because the way Kuai Liang acts (wanting to kill Frost, leaving Bi-Han to suffer and die) would go against everything Tomáš believes in and they can't have someone make Scorpion look bad, so they decided to just have Tomáš not be there at all. If that doesn't say it all, I don't know what will.

Kuai Liang:

Scorpion: I won't be consumed by vengeance. Scorpion: How can your father's death not burn you.

You know it's bad when your own alternate self starts judging you and criticizing your ways.

Geras:

Scorpion: I want to see the moment my father died. Geras: You are not ready to receive that knowledge.

I wonder why Geras denied Kuai Liang's request. Is he concerned that actually witnessing the event will make Kuai Liang lose his mind completely and he will make even more of an effort to kill Bi-Han? He surely seems to think Kuai Liang is too unstable to receive that information. But then again, Kuai Liang already wants to kill Bi-Han, he already tried to do it and he already knows what happened. When will he be ready in Geras' opinion? Once he already forgave Bi-Han (which seems like it won't happen at all)? Would that not just reignite his old hatred? Could it be that there's more to the death of Kuai Liang's father than we know? Is there something Geras is trying to hide from Kuai Liang on purpose?

Ashrah:

Ashrah: Bi-Han can be redeemed. Scorpion: I don't see how that's possible.

It sounds a lot like Kuai Liang doesn't want it to be possible. He wants to deny his brother a chance at redemption. He's also once again acting like he knows better than everyone else. It's getting to the point where he seems self-righteous and out of touch with reality.

So, tell me again, after all that, why are we calling Kuai Liang a nice guy?

To conclude this, Kuai Liang only appears "nice" in direct comparison to Bi-Han, not necessarily because he's a better person, he's just the more agreeable one of the two. Take Bi-Han out of the picture and it's plain to see Kuai Liang is really not that nice. I also don't see how Kuai Liang is the poor, traumatized victim that never did anything wrong in his life, as fans like to describe him as. Yes, he suffered as well, but victims can also become aggressors. There are plenty of situations in which that's the case for Kuai Liang. Again, this is not hate or an attempt to completely demonize him, just to show that the fandom has a wrong idea of who Kuai Liang is and what he's like.

#kuai liang #kuai liang scorpion #mk scorpion #bi-han #mk sub zero #bi han sub zero #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 2023 #tomas vrbada #mk smoke #mk kitana #mk kung lao #mk liu kang #mk li mei #johnny cage

[unnervinglyferal]

so. you have summoned someone who has taken multiple years of biology because you started talking about emotions and animals and they are feeling rather verbose at this hour of the day

the limbic system is associated with a lot of our more primal emotions, and the fuck/flight/fight/feed urges tend to be associated with the hypothalamus, so i’d say it’s fair to link it to anger, at least for the purposes of this conversation. the limbic system is also called the mammalian brain, because we share it with all other mammals

so: mammals probably can experience anger

the part of the brain we share with reptiles is the brain stem, which literally just keeps us alive. they don’t have - at least as far as i was taught in school - dedicated emotional centers in the brain like mammals do, so we can’t localize anger. this means, from an anatomical perspective, we don’t know where they would feel the anger, or if what they’re feeling is anger in the same way we mean it to be

but what we do know is that they experience the fight/flight/freeze response in the presence of a threat (and this is actually impacted by body temperature and sprinting speed). that suggests, from a human perspective, fear

but is not fighting a response associated with anger? what differentiates an angry animal from a scared one? do reptiles actually feel anger because they can fight back? and what is anger, if not based in fear?

and this is where we veer from the realm of the concrete, scientific consensus into the realm of the “i will make a hill just to die on it” philosophical debate. the experiences of animals are often so fundamentally different than ours that it is foolish to try to keep relating everything back to the human experience. bees see ultraviolet light as colors, while we just see it as a cause of skin cancer. whales sing so low we cannot hear them, and in languages of their own. it’s been said that dogs can see in smell, and bats can see in sound

however, hunger? that’s fairly universal

slime molds are unicellular organisms that do wonderful things because of their hunger. they have no nervous system. they cannot think. but they can sense where food is thanks to receptors in their cell membrane and they can move towards the food. you can make them model metro systems to determine the most efficient train routes by placing food sources with sizes that correspond to the number of riders at the locations where the stations are

they have no brains, no neurons, and yet they feel hunger

anyhow, because they have no brains, it’s very easy to fuck around with them and trick them. if you give them two pieces of paper, one soaked in water and the other one soaked in a glucose solution - not a sugar solution, table sugar is not glucose but a diner of glucose and fructose that they can’t detect - and the glucose solution is concentrated enough, the slime molds will move away from the glucose strip. i did this for a grade once in high school

but so, from my perspective: hunger is almost certainly universal, since metabolism is part of what is needed for something to be considered alive, and mammals probably can feel anger, but it gets more complicated the less like humans animals get because we don’t have a good frame of reference to differentiate anger and fear

-flore

I'm going to process this information literally for the rest of the year. Also, "because they have no brains, it’s very easy to fuck around with them and trick them" also applies to some people.

[monstrouslyobsessed]

—beastfolk’s masterlist

❝we are but servants to the beasts’  whims.❞

art credit is not found | full image

what if the world as we know it was different? imagine the world where we the humans are pets to the animalistic humanoid species...the beastfolk.

what is beastfolk?

the beastfolk is a species spanning all that sported similar humanoid figures as we do—but with all the traits of animals.

alongside the humankind, the most common groups of the beastfolk are:

—fangedfolk, which consists of canines (dogs, wolves, foxes, etc) —whiskeredfolk, which contain the felines (tigers, lions, tomcats, etc) —clawedfolk, including bears, bear-like animals such as honey badger and koala bears (raccoons, weasels, and other similar animals fall under this category) —wingedfolk, typically birds that feed on meats and other animals with wings (birds of prey, large parrots with bone breaking beaks, bats, etc.) —featheredfolk, any bird that is considered as ‘harmless’ in nature (small-beaked parrots, sparrows, finches, etc.) —hoovedfolk, any animal with hooves (horses, pigs, bulls, etc.) —scaledfolk, any reptiles and amphibian (snakes, lizards, alligators, frogs, etc.) —toothedfolk, including rodents and lagomorphs (rats, rabbits, squirrels, etc. any animal with similar teeth) —treefolk, including all primates (gorillas, lemurs, monkeys, etc.) —and lastly, seafolk, comprising any aquatic animals and those with fins (sharks, dolphins, eels, octopuses, etc.)—is considered most dangerous and lesser understood.

understandably, this is a vast oversimplification from our reality.

when you have so many groups of beastfolk, even they would have preferred having common categories, particularly from having similar diets, lifestyles, common interests, cultures, to name few reasons. although politics too plays a part.

...supposed us living with the beastfolk is our reality, just how different things would be with them stronger than us—and having abilities to form relationships together? when they’re so, so dangerous to our well-being?

*name is still pending as some primates do not climb trees.

things to note;

starting from july 7, 2020, i will start marking my pieces (be it headcanon, full piece, musings, etc.) as what appx. era they takes place in. this is the simplified version of the timeline.

—pre-zoo, before the beastfolks were captive inside zoo institutes (literally concentration camps for them), severe segregation between the beastfolks and humans to the point that a high percentage of the population of each had never seen one other. you can think of this as...pre1900s to back to the known documented beginning thousands of years before. technology was not commonplace then but the ‘underground rings’ of various illegal activities were super common. —zoo, the era where the humans were actively capturing the beastfolks and placing them in the zoos. humans and beastfolks are finally gaining public awareness of one other. interspecies violence was becoming more common and romeo and juliet tales were not unheard of. technology started to grow. the prototype of the internet was created around this time. —zoo breakout, this was when the beastfolks started rising to power, broke out from their prisons, and started attacking and destroying all societies as the world once knew it. wars, countless deaths, and attacks occurred following the breakout. happening in nearly every major country. the beastfolks also started fighting among each other, with one side believing that humankind deserves to be annihilated and another trying to save humanity. this is also the era where violence, political tension, and fear were at their highest. internet expanded in a desperate attempt to connect and communicate with other human survivors. the chaos probably lasted for several decades, the destruction in some countries takes longer to end than others. —post zoo, the era where the beastfolks and humans are finally learning to live in the harmony together— at the cost of humans’ freedom (political freedom included). you can consider this as the modern era, imagine it as the 2000s to current. technology is what we know it currently, from flatscreen televisions, gaming consoles, virtual reality, etc. gaming, live streaming, and especially interspecies sex cultures are super prominent across the internet.

—any era, can be applied to any era regardless. can be on me talking about the beastfolk’s anatomy, culture, etc. for example, what hadn’t changed throughout the entire history and persists through all events that occurred to the modern era.

are you looking for my beastfolk character page...?

stories;;

—lady hyena;;ns;fw | her pretty pet

—lady hyena;;ns;fw | petplay

—jaguar tribe;;violence | ce’ce

—NEW!snake coworker / actor;;ns;fw | smile for the camera

headcanons;;

—lady hyena | the zoo —lady hyena | domestic —lady hyena | expecting

—papa bull;;ns;fw | call me daddy —papa bull and duke;;ns;fw | like father-like son —papa bull and duke;;ns;fw | borrowing from daddy dearest —papa bull | and baby makes 3

—papa bull and duke;;ns;fw | anons headcanons (contains some world lores)

—dorothy the cow;;ns;fw | not so sweet  

—vice president lioness | sweetheart

—police dog;;ns;fw | do the crime do the time

—father fox | a family man —father fox;;ns;fw | waiting no longer —father fox;;ns;fw | first wife + what

—conservative lion | disgusted

—mafia bears;;ns;fw | cucciolina pt1 —mafia bears;;ns;fw | cucciolina pt2

—rabbit hybrid;;ns;fw | long ears

—general;;ns;fw | police culture

—snake coworker / actor;;ns;fw | a thousand photographs of you

—musings; general;;ns;fw | entertain your patrons —musings; whiskeredfolks;;ns;fw | anatomy

—crocodile hybrid;;ns;fw | the swamp thing

—snake competitor;;ns;fw | the cruel game

—general;;ns;fw | the brothels

questions;;

—brief history | timeline | adoption | taboos | mental illnesses | others —which species... —body types | pregnancy instincts | internet —religions | jobs | celebrities | divorces | others —human flesh as food | laws | humanfuckers | others

—mental health | cheaters | diets | human as service pets | others

—human population | political leader being hypocrites | conservation views

—legal matters | media representations | why humans suffer so much prejudices | brief history

—languages | hybrid | breeding

—beauty standard | can i fool the beastfolks

—bugfolk? | if papa bull found out about duke | conservative lion is abusive pos

—yandere mbti personality |  most to least likely to be with human

—courting rituals | funny birds | auctions to the spectator sports

((to be updated later!))

artworks;;

—mine | sketches of different characters i've written before

—mine | lady hyena sketch

—mine;ns;fw | lady hyena

—mine;ns;fw | papa bull

—mine | father fox

—mine;ns;fw | lady hyena and the lioness

—mine | papa bull and duke comparison with bonus dorothy and babies doodles

others;;

—ns;fw;;lady hyena fun fact

other masterlists;;

—main masterlist

—inktober

—other headcanons (WIP)

did i miss any link? please let me know and i’ll add it to the list!

updated;;jan 3, 2023, added a new link for question! update nov. 27th, clarified the differences between wingedfolks and featheredfolks better.

explanation: wingedfolks are both winged animals that feeds on meats (bats, vultures, raptors, etc.) and those that can cause a lot of harms (big beaks that can break bones) while featheredfolk are “harmless” in comparison. i sort of imagined there is an ongoing (political) debate on which category big-beaked parrots fall under but ultimately agreed to put them under the wingedfolk due to their capabilities to cause injures and bigger wingspans, which could be a boon to specific careers. ultimately though, parrots would probably have their own preferences on which they’d rather be called.

❝ my heart is lost; the beasts have devoured it all.❞

#announcement #masterlist #beastfolk #beastfolks #au #links #link #long post #☠️not writing...

[penname-artist]

Tidbits #01

Q & A: Blade's Tegu

Notice: this chapter of 'Tidbits' is reposted from it's original document of 2021, and may no longer be up-to-date with current headcanons.

(Questions by Tanel)

For our very first segment of Tidbits, we got a whole slew of tegu-themed questions!

As an overview, “Trigger” is Blade’s pet Argentine black and white tegu. If you’re unfamiliar with tegus (don’t worry I was too, until I learned about them from my art teacher) they’re similar in size and shape to iguanas, or like smaller, non-venemous Komodo dragons. They grow up to around four feet long and live up to about 15-20 years. Trigger is about seven right now.

In the timeline, Trigger is a part of Blade’s life during the events of Emergency - though I think only mentioned once. He’ll have a short appearance for the following project in the timeline, Familia, but otherwise he hasn’t really appeared in any stories, short or long, just yet.

[Where did Blade get the Argentine tegu from?]

So, Blade got Trigger through a rescue facility in California, as a means of helping them out with saving some of the organic creatures still alive on earth today. Knowing he literally works and lives as a full-time resident of a National Park, he was able to take in Trigger with almost no questions asked. Trigger was his first pick, as well - Maru says they just shared a look that sealed the deal. He believes, however, that really Blade just saw how much trouble he would be for Maru on the base. However it was fated, Trigger is now a VIR (that is, very important reptile) resident of the base and park.

(TLDR: In my HC, there are actually a select few animals (mostly reptiles, fish and amphibians) that have made it through into the evolved era of Cars, which are being slowly rediscovered. Animal sanctuaries and other such places have started putting these organic animals in the homes of caretakers so that they might be able to keep these animal’s numbers alive. That whoooole thing is very closely connected to concepts that delve wayyy down into the very core beginnings of my headcanon, BUT, for the sake of my time and energy, we will cover that in another entry.)

[And where does he usually keep him?]

Since he’s moved to Piston Peak, Blade’s had a couple of rooms and add-ons put into his hangar...well, okay, two. One extra room is his, as the rest of the team calls it, “Secret Lair” that is literally just a library and reading room, while the other is Trigger’s dedicated room. It has enough room and personalized structure that it’s the greatest place to keep a large reptile, complete with heating lamp and beds and a kiddie pool that he barely touches. Of course, Trigger isn’t always just in that room (much to Maru’s dismay) but it is where he spends most of his time, lounging around between troublemaking.

[What does he feed him?]

What Tegus eat, of course! Though, since there are no mammals left on earth (that we know of), most of Trigger’s diet consists of salmon, alongside fruits and some insects, eggs (that are expensive as hell because chickens are low in population but high in demand) and other types of fish. It’s a good thing Blade’s well-off financially at this point (being a bachelor and chief of the fire and rescue, and with practically nothing he spends on himself or anyone else) so he can make sure Trigger has exactly the kinds of nutrients he needs.

[Is he passionate about this pet, or just likes a little company by this creature?]

Both, to varying degrees. While he initially took him in to help out the animal center (with the knowledge that they would want Trigger breeding to females to raise those population numbers back up), he’s really come to enjoy the reptile’s company, and as such he’s become pretty interested in tegus and other reptiles. He’s often said he’d get another tegu or some other reptile from the center in the future, maybe after Trigger passes (which won’t be any time too soon).

[Does he talk to him?]

He does, though not usually when others are around. Unless he’s trying to get him to stop terrorizing the mechanic...

[Does he take it to bed with him when he is lonely like I take my cat to my bed (to which she always runs off to another room)?]

It depends on the night, really. Most of the time, Trigger stays in his own room/enclosure overnight, but oftentimes Blade will let him sit on his helm while he’s reading before attempting sleep. Trigger likes pretending he’s getting heat off of the reading light.

#Disney Planes Tidbits #disney planes #disneyplanes #planes fire and rescue #disney planes 2 #blade ranger #Trigger #Trigger the tegu

[many-fandoms-insomniac]

Tw: vent post

One time, I asked my parents to turn on the car radio, and it was just a 10 minute drive from the mountains which I definitely did not want to go up (camping). We were more than halfway home with 10 minutes to go and I asked to turn on the car radio but then my dad was all “can’t you go 5 minutes without music? You’re so ungrateful and oblivious to what others want. You’re so selfish and needy.” and it really invalidates me because

music is why I have a will to live

you already took my phone away because I was “talking to strangers on the internet” which I was, but I didn’t give them any personal info or indication to who I was until I knew them as a trusted and close friend who

let me vent to them and

gave me advice

and I would start to feel like I was worthless and burdened with being alone with my thoughts without my music so my first reaction would to reach for my phone/headphones but it wasn’t there and I felt more alone each time I did it. Without my music I’m just a scraped Halloween pumpkin. There for carving and enjoyment as you inflict wounds in my somewhat hollow self, then taking my music away hollowed out what was left of my seeds and sad muck of a soul.

I felt so desperate and alone and it felt worse when I couldn’t talk to my pinterest friends. I put on a smile and wake up for school, and I’m convinced my parents cared about my grades more than mental health. I got straight a’s in all of my classes except for advisory in which we literally did nothing but this program called Lexia power up and it was

over the top

treated me like a 4 year old

acted like I knew nothing even though it was a grammar app and grammar is that one thing which I had a thing for and would willingly stab any misusers if I had a knife on me

and was so under stimulating I’d rather waste away than do it

I got an f in that ONE class after aceing the rest, and my parents told me what a failure I was and how I should have done better and be ashamed of who I was. Apparently I was born to please them and exceed standards which are impossibly high. No, you gave birth to me out of your own selfish needs for a child. People think “I want a child” not “I want to give a child a good life”. Don’t give me any of that shit about “you owe us, we feed you, drive you places, send you to school, and keep a roof over your heads. This is how you repay us you ungrateful child.” No, that is BASIC NEEDS for a living body, not even a healthy one. BASIC NEEDS which you wouldn’t NEED to provide if you hadn’t wanted a breathing, human being out of your own selfish needs.

“QUIT CRYING OR ILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT” my dad yells, as I sob over him treating my cat like some piece of shit and acting like emotional attachment can easily be replaced by a new cat, which I’ve never met or bonded with. The same thing, he says as I cry over my mom openly hating leopard geckos because “reptiles are gross and slimy. Reptiles are weird and I have no clue how anyone could love them.” Even though I would willingly give my life for them no matter how scarred and grotesque my fingers are from their bites. We had a little Shi-Tzu/Karen terrier mix named Scrubby and he was the goodest boy. My dad kicked him across the room and acted like he could be replaced when he had been diagnosed with cancer, which we completely ignored when he had a massive lump 1/3rd the size of him destroying him from the inside. Of course, we got a new dog and named her Lizzy. He acted like Scrubby could be replaced as we buried him under a bush in a desert hill that no one cares about. I have grown to love Lizzy more than anything, but just because I love the new dog as much as scrubby doesn’t mean she filled the hole in my heart that Scrubbys death left.

Don’t even get me started on Nona. Nona was a shelter cat which I would stare at on the petco adoption website all day long. I saw Nona’s picture and knew that she was the right kitty to take in. She would have fit right in with our 2 cats and they waste so much food that it would not cost any extra money at all to feed her. That one image and bio sprouted deep caring love as if Nona was already a family member and has been for 11 years like my other cats, and my parents didn’t even look at her. Not a single time. Never even considered rescuing this poor cat and giving her a life of joy.

I feel so desolate and alone because even though I love animals so much I know I’ll never get into the medical field to be a vet. I know that it’s too inacheivable. It pains me so much to even think for a moment of losing my pets but my stupid brain keeps thinking of all these far fetched fake scenarios that bring harm to my precious babies that are my pets.

Animals are my coping mechanism right up with my music but my dad thinks they’re worthless, just like me. My dad thinks depression is a choice and that depression is simply... “very sad” and that anxiety, adhd, and autism are all in their heads’ and people who need emotional support animals are “pansy snowflakes who need to face the realities of the world” even though it is false, it is twisted, it is straight-up scientifically WRONG. In fact, I want so desperately to register my cat as an official emotional support animal because that’s what she does, but my dad doesn’t even know I feel this way.

I cry myself to sleep in silence almost every night and my parents are all “omg my happy girl she’s so mature” no. I’m not happy, but sometimes pretending to be ok is easier than getting in trouble for explaining why I’m not. I’m not mature, I’m emotionally detached because you punished my feelings and made fun of my interests. I’m not mature, just conforming to society’s standards which you make worse, and punish me for any individuality, personality, or emotion I have until I suppress emotions so much I feel dead inside and lost. I am lost, desolate, dead inside, and emotionless because of your oppression and pretending everything is ok

[kkroma]

U think life is about working 40-60 hours a week to only have enough to pay basic needs plus they take out taxes for everything on top of that you have to pay to get ur refund and on top of that a percentage goes to the irs and very little is for you. You think we are here to work for someone for the rest of ur fuckin life? And retire at 50-60s to enjoy what???? at that age? ur prob gonna be sick af or dead bc of all of this shitty ass food we have in America. NOTHING IS REAL WE R MODERN SLAVES TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT SOME OF THEM ARE REPTILIANS AND ARE IN BUSINESS WITH ARTIST AND HOLLYWOOD AND ALL THE FUCKIN FOOD WE EAT TO GET SICK AND PAY BIG PHARME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET UR MEDICATIONS AND THEY R NOT EVEN NATURAL OR JUST MAKE U WORSE. Nature provided us with everything that we need. Back then houses was like 5,00-12,000 that’s what baby boomers r LIVING THE LiFE RN but realistically talking, most of the Americans are in the same boat. Yall r miserable and unhappy bc we work like slaves to only have enough for rent. WHAT AB FOOD? health insurance, car payments, phone bills, school (which I think it’s worth if ur gonna b a doctor, engineer, lawyer, or those titles that actually humanity needs) if not it’s a total waste of ur fuckin time and money. Do you know how many people have their degrees and r jobless or working in something that they didn’t study years for. I’ve opened my eyes a lot and i am so woke right now, IVE BEEN WOKE yall are just conditioned to think that’s life when in reality we here to create we are creators, to spiritually evolve. But since we r born we have numbers that “identify us” like the social security. Um wtf u mean u can see everything about me and my life when u look up my social security. AMERICA WAKE tf upPPP. Everything that happens bad in our life is just for you to focus on that negative shit and not about WHY R U ACTUALLY HERE FOR WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE. Most of the people in this world are so fucked up and full of evil. People sometimes normalize it…. A 50 years old marrying an 8 year old? do u think that’s okay and normal? IT DOESNT FUCKIN MATTER WHAT UR RELIGION IS THAT IS NOT NORMALLL UR TAKING BER INNOCENCE AWAY. Young people that are in a relationship or in a marriage just because the husband is wealthy, but cheats on u and abuses u but it’s ok bc he has money and you have everything right? IN WHAT WORLD THAT IS NORMALLL???? WHY NORMALLZE THAT? older guys wanting younger girls, young girls wanting older guys like wtf is this? THEY WANT YOUNGER GIRLS BC FIRST SHE HAS LITTLE TO NO EXPERIENCE IN THE WORLD, is a virgin and is easy to manipulate. Bc men wants to take control of everything, you have no voice. So it’s easy to manipulate younger girls.

Everyone is fuckin stupid and have issues that YALL NEED TO FIGURE IT Out.

Wake tf up

The sun is not real

China has an artificial sun bro

WE NEVER WENT TO THE FUCKIN MOON THE FOOTPRINTS DIDNT MATCH AND IT LOOKS SO FUCKIN GREENSCREEN.

We don’t even have an official real image of earth. They all look alike and is cgi.

If yall read the Bible the end of times r coming and Jesus is coming. He said the stars and sky will give us messages we have to pay attention!! This is supposed to happen. 2024 it’s gonna be crazy. Why u think p diddy and all the Hollywood shit it’s slowly coming out for the evil shit they do. Most of them work for the devil and yall r so fuckin stupid that you read the lyrics and they r literally telling you the truth.

They gives us clues and messages throughout tv shows, movies, songs, I mean the Simpson??? The one season in disjointed where she draws the “truth”

WAKE TF UP we pay taxes to reptiles and pedophiles

That’s why they’re so much sex trafficking BC THEY FEED FROM THEM THEIR PURE INNOCENT BLOOD IS WHAT THEY WANT. Celebrities and governments and elites are all in the SAME ROOM DOING THIS SHIT. WE T SLAVES TO THEM WAKE UP MFSSSS. I’m tired of this. I went outside today, it looks like smoke everywhere the sky is orange and my eyes started to water as soon as I went outside.

ALIENS R REAL JESUS SAID “beaming lights from the sky we will see that r gonna save us. And the ones that didn’t go

Stay in hell which is here.

REPENT.

#2024

[nat-20s]

for @jonmartinweek day 8! (which I definitely realized was happening and for sure did not forget lmao). The prompt was free day/au, so I picked my own theme of “pets”. The last few fics have been pretty loaded, so please enjoy some pure post canon (literal and figurative) fluff

~*~

“I can’t believe I married a dog person.”

They weren’t even supposed to be in the shelter. They had made no plans to visit a shelter. However, as Jon has been learning over the course of the past couple years, a Martin not under duress and given free time outside will inevitably end up trying to befriend any living nonhuman creature in the immediate vicinity.

“I’m not a dog person.”

“The lapful of beagle puppy would indicate otherwise.”

“Just because I appreciate the company of a very good boy, yes you are, doesn’t mean I’m a dog person. Dog person implies I have a preference. I like cats equally as much as I like dogs. Unlike some of us, my heart is open to all manner of furry friends.”

“I don’t...hate dogs.”

“Uh-huh. Is that why you won’t pet Rufio here?”

“He’s nippy, I don’t trust him. And it’s just that dogs are A Lot. I find most of them a bit overwhelming. And needy.”

“Pff, that’s no excuse. You’ve been best friends with overwhelming, and you married needy.”

Martin lets out a distracted giggle as Rufio finally gets in a lick on his face. Okay, maybe it is a pretty adorable sight, but that’s hardly sufficient enough evidence to actually let such an energetic ball of fluff into their home. Still, it’s enough to convince Jon to sit down next to them, and give Rufio a very tentative scritch behind the ears. “I think we both qualify as the needy one in our relationship.”

“Pretty sure that’s called codependency. What would our therapist say?”

“She’d probably say that’s a bit harsh. And that we still need to work on our separation anxiety.”

“Hey, you know what helps with separation anxiety?”

“No.”

“A dog!”

“No!”

They get a dog. Their flat is decently sized and they both have steady incomes and enough free time between them to take proper care of her. They don’t get Rufio, but instead a 7 year old mutt named Daffodil who is, admittedly, the most gentle and sweet creature Jon’s ever met. They also get a cat, a rambunctious 2 year old tabby named Jack (“We can change the name.” “Jon! How dare you! Jack responds to his name, clearly he likes it!”) who had already decided Daffodil was his mom, and they couldn’t possibly bear not adopting them together.

~*~

“You know, we could get a tarantula.”

“Fuck off.”

“I’m serious! They’re not, like, evil in this universe, and some of them have cutest little pink toesie woesies.”

“You’re not serious, you’re being a bastard, and I hate you.”

Martin wraps his arms around Jon’s waist and presses a kiss to the side of his face, which Jon gives a half-hearted swat at, because, again, the man’s being a bastard. Stubbornly ignoring Jon’s pout, Martin presses his cheek to the top of Jon’s head, cheerfully replying, “I’m fine with that, as long as you promise to hate me for the rest of our lives.”

“Well, I certainly can’t make that promise. I won’t even hate you ten seconds from now. I suppose you’ll have to settle for love instead.”

“Hmm. Deal.”

“We’re still not getting a fucking tarantula.”

They do not get a tarantula. Their home remains admirably spider free.

~*~

Martin’s gasp is loud enough to echo, and Jon can feel him begin to vibrate next to him. The excitement is perplexing at first, they’ve been to this bookstore dozens of times, and it’s never elicited this sort of response. Then Jon looks over to the front counter, where a medium-sized cage and a “For adoption” sign have been put on display. With a wild, jubilant glee, Martin asks, “Sonja! Are those baby. Dumbo. Rats?!”

“Sure are! I’ve got a friend who’s a breeder, I take it you’re interested?”

“Yes, absolutely, 100%, we’re getting two immediately.”

“Well…”

Martin snaps his head over to look at Jon with a look of betrayal the likes of which Jon hasn’t seen since the panopticon. “Jonathan, no!”

“Um.”

“You can not tell me you you don’t like rats! Dumbo rats especially!”

“I…”

Ticking off on his fingers, Martin lists, “They’re adorable, they’re smart, they’re cleanly, they’re extremely empathetic, they’re tickilish, which is stupidly cute, they can be trained to use a litter box and do tricks, they’re snuggly and playful and perfect! They’re all the good parts of dogs combined with the best parts of cats in one tiny portable package! Look at their little ears, that are like that because of a slight difference in skull shape that has no negative health effects! Plus, we can set them up in the project room, since Captain Jack isn’t allowed in there anyway. How can you dislike rats?”

“I don’t know! They just sort of..freak me out. Or not all of them, just their feet. I don’t like their little man hands.”

Martin throws his arms in the air, proclaiming, “Their little man hands are one of their best qualities! Look, Jon, are you genuinely afraid of them, or just slightly discomfited?”

“I would say mediumly discomfited. This isn’t like spiders.”

“Cool. ‘Cause in that case, we’re getting the light tan one and the solid white one, their names shall be Peaches and Cream, and you will love them as much as you love our dog and cat children.”

“That’s a rather bold claim.”

“It’s an accurate one. You’ll see.”

Within a week, Jon is transporting Peaches ‘n’ Cream in the pocket of his hoodie, and he can feel Martin’s smug aura from two rooms away. Damn him.

~*~

“Did you know snakes don’t have an amygdala?”

“Okay? You didn’t have to bring me to a reptile store to tell me that.”

“I didn’t bring you to a reptile store to tell you that. I brought you to a reptile store because I want to hold a cornsnake.”

Jon rolls his eyes, but the fondness in his voice somewhat undercuts it. “Of course you do.”

Martin makes a scaly acquaintance in less than two minutes, and as the snake coils around his fingers, he continues, “Anyway, if they don’t have amygladas, do they feel fear in a way similar to us, or is it only a recognition of threats and instinctual response?”

“Martin, my love, I have no idea. Is this going somewhere? It’s fine if not, I’m just checking in.”

“Yes. Because if they don’t feel fear, I’m getting this snake and naming her Georgie.”

That makes Jon let out a sharp bark of laugh, and, for a moment, he’s able to reminisce without any pain. “You know, I think she’d actually love that? She also had a proclivity for all creatures great and small. And a terrible sense of humor.”

“Wow, you really have a type, huh. Also hey! My sense of humor is fantastic! It always makes my husband laugh, and he has very exacting standards.”

“Liar. Your husband finds joy with you at the slightest provocation, no good sense of humor needed.”

“Hmm. He is a bit of a softie, isn’t he? Which is why he’ll let me get this snake.”

“He most certainly will not.”

“But….look at her….”

“It’s not a matter of how cute she is, dear. It’s a matter of you made us get pet rats less than a month ago, there’s absolutely no way you’re going to be able to feed mice to a snake.”

Martin looks at the cornsnake, looks at Jon, looks back, and his shoulders slump. With a wince, he asks, “Maybe frozen mice won’t be too bad?”

“What if she’s picky?”

“...There are species of snake that only eat bugs.”

“Cornsnakes aren’t one of them.”

Waving over an assistant, Martin puts the cornsnake back with a defeated, “Fine. When you’re right, you’re right.”

Jon doesn’t particularly feel like he’s won an argument. In fact, he’s a bit disappointed himself, he always liked snakes. Big fan of reptiles in general, actually, which is probably what drives him to say, “Lizards don’t usually eat mice.”

That’s how they walk out of the store with three leopard geckos.

~*~

Jon’s helping Martin set up the gecko tank in what can now be affectionately called a zoo when all of the sudden it strikes him. Some of the animals in their home right now have life spans of 10-20 years, and never once had the necessary longevity of care come up as a reason to protest against them. Jon had felt so at ease with the concept of a future that he hadn’t even thought about it, hadn’t been steeling himself for the other shoe to drop. He’s stopped having bated breath every time something good happens, instead taking reassurance in a sense of permanence that he wasn’t sure he’d ever feel again. Martin must hear his breath hitch, because he immediately stops what he’s doing to take Jon’s hand into his own. “Something wrong, love?”

Jon shakes his head. “No, nothing. I suppose I’m realizing that we have time, don’t we?”

Martin must know exactly what he means, the weight behind the words, because he brings Jon’s hand to his lips and says, “Yes. Yes, we really, really do.”

#jonmartinweek2021 #jonmartin #jon sims #martin blackwood #tma #post canon #THIS IS JUST ME PROJECTING ON MARTIN FOR 1500 WORDS LMAO #also to anyone that spots the song lyric: :3 #also also the leopard geckos names are kirk spock and bones #or as jon calls them #captain first officer and CMO

[agape-philo-sophia]

➝ Deocculting 911, Occult Numerology & Gematria, SpiritualWarfare. ⏰

The spiritual supporting pillars of the world’s societal structure were essentially demolished on 9/11…symbolically, allegorically, ritualistically and literally. It was quite a sinister “stroke of genius” and so exemplifies how these dark controllers operate. This is why the wake up to 9/11 Truth is so shocking to people’s systems and they just can’t handle it. It’s overwhelming, which it was designed to be. And so the vast populace rolls over and buries its head back in the sand... Tell A Big Enough Lie …and you’ll eventually get exposed. So full of lies are these controllers it’s beyond the grasp of normal sentient beings. And they revel in the power of that. It’s amazing they can be so brash yet hidden in plain sight. The Twin Pillars Archetype, The effect of occult (hidden) symbolism on the human psyche is a nicely kept secret. Even though psychologists such as Carl Jung have written extensively on this and it’s clearly pointed out by the esoteric community. People just do not realize they are daily the subject of the sophisticated manipulation of these terribly powerful symbols. Like scientific breakthroughs are garnered by the military, these elite psychopaths have to weaponize everything, instead of using it for the betterment of humanity and our world. “Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws” – Confucius There’s much more to this subject. And it wasn’t just Freemasons involved in all this, but they’re a major arm that encapsulates a belief system much of the Illuminati share. Members of this dark cabal are almost always associated with some sort of secret society or practice like Freemasonry or witchcraft, often under a religious cover like the Vatican, Mormonism or Evangelical groups. Rothschild Zionists use both the religious cover and the financial “institution” to disguise and justify their perfidy. At the occult level the 9/11 event was a ritual, empowered, as is often the case, by performing human sacrifice. War is another such ritual, usually instigated and financed by this same dark cabal loosely labelled the Illuminati. I can’t begin to cover the extent of the symbology and esoteric meaning injected into the 9/11 charade, but I hope this opens up a few things for you to look into further. These same tactics are used constantly on an unwary public at many levels. The lie is exposed, the spell is broken and the illusion loses its power over you. But the secret weapon of 9/11 was this: it was riding high on the amplified occult, symbolic preparation of not just decades, seeing the “twin towers” as a symbol of world commerce and the “triumph of the human spirit”, but seeing “twin pillars of society” throughout architecture and logos and literature for millenia, both conscious and subconscious, being destroyed before their eyes, over and over and over. In Revelation 9:11, and please note the time code as well as the number code of 911, Abbadon is described as the Destroyer, the Angel of the Abyss, the King of Plague of Locusts, resembling horses with crowned human faces, women’s hair, lion’s teeth, wings, iron breastplates, and a tail with a scorpion’s stinger, that torments for five months anyone who does not have the Seal of God on his forehead. It is clear that this is a Demon, Fallen God or Black Star, that is directly connected to powering up the Armageddon Software through the Yahweh Matrix. The Black Star Abbadon in the center of the Milky Way is what holds together the 666 Beast Configuration, along with the Yahweh Matrix that creates the Inorganic Four, the Yod-Hay-Vod-Hay system. This system feeds off of living creatures and sends the life force back to the black hole entities. As we have been discussing the shift that has been occurring with the Planetary Staff, the Planetary Staff of earth was tilted in order to align it to the Black Star Abbadon in the center of the Milky Way. This artificial axial tilt in the planet is shifting its alignment now. This shift has activated doomsday prophets wired into the Yahweh matrix that believe the current events are the sign of the alien God’s narrative, that the rapture is coming or that we are entering into the global Armageddon-Megiddo showdown, when we transition out of the final stages of the Piscean Alchemical Law. The current theme during the Paliadorian Activations is the clearing of the Yahweh Matrix and its blood covenant bindings out of the Human 12 Tribes genetic records, with the transmissions and support of the Blue Feathers of Aquaferion. As a result of dismantling this blood covenant network, those who are controlled by the Yahweh system will be agitated and activated to play out these mind controlled biblical dramas. Because the original 5D Ascension plan was not achievable becasue of the False Ascension Matrix and the damage caused through the False Navel and False White Webbing, it required our evolution through the time fields in the Harmonic Universes in the Universal Time Matrix to be drastically sped up. Those serving the Law of One, are moving through extreme amounts of the future timelines, observing its collapse, in order to arrive at the Gateway Octave where the Organic and eternal light is overriding the Artificial Machinery and replicated alien coding. False Timelines and False Software to Mind Control humanity was used to deter humans from their organic and natural ascension evolution. This is why this planet is called, “prison planet”. Meanwhile the negatives desperately cling on to the artificial timeline programs to influence humans through fear to manifest into their enslaved future selves as Negative Form. (Some examples: Nostradamus Prophecy, Armageddon Software, Pestilence Programming, 911 Military Industrial Complex Revolution, any terrorist and cataclysmic inorganic event generated by the Negative Aliens. None of these manipulated programs are sourced as “natural events”. ) Because the planet is ready to drop and collapse timelines from the previous 3D cycle where the planet is playing out the result of the Luciferian Rebellion from Atlantean time cycle, there is a struggle to dominate upcoming events that would influence these future timelines to be solely in Negative Alien or the NAA control. These groups have infighting, and the two primary groups have infected their headquartered control mechanism in two major stargates and power vortexes on the planet. Black Sun Program have headquartered themselves in the 10th Stargate or Iran Gate of the Golden Eagle Grid and lodged their technologies in Iraq/Iran to gain dominance over the power spots in Giza, Egypt. Most of them are Reptile Insectoid Collectives from out of the Phantom Matrix spaces in the parallel systems, which formed alliances with the Fallen Angelic Annunaki Groups to take control over the earth, which are referred to as the NAA. This is why they chose that area of the planet to dominate, it was easier to invade from the genetic key level. The Sons of Belial, the Nibiruian-Annunaki reptilians of the New World Order crews that engineered the 911 Timeline Agendas, have headquartered themselves in the 11th Stargate area in the United Kingdom, this is also known as Stonehenge. These are the creators of the teeth chomping technology of the Nephilim Reversal Grid (NRG). Comprising primarily of Fallen Elohim genetic lines, this reversal network was a rebellion to the hybridization attempts of Lyran-Elohim races, who were responsible in commissioning Nephilim races for genetic hybridization healing. The failure of that program, the banishment of Nephilim (The Giants) and killing of that race, resulted in Wars, and subsequently, the NRG was placed in the UK to reverse all hybridized genetics, especially any genetic material (like the Krystal DNA Silicate Matrix) that was designed to “unify” or “marry” genetics. The unification of polarity within genetics may evolve to Unity Field consciousness which is a part of achieving the Christos consciousness. There is a consciousness war to stop Krystal Star consciousness from potentially evolving and embodying in human beings on this earth. It also is clear that all matters of Blood Sacrifice, whether human, animal or of any living thing, are made to the conjuring of elemental forces that directly connect into this collective Satanic force of the Baphomet field in the underworld realms. Satanists, witches, Santeria, voodoo, violent religion or other related rituals involving drugs or killing, one is allowing their body to be possessed by lower spirits and are being controlled, addicted or feeding into the spreading of this Satanic force field. It is like an viral infection. The act of feeding this force through ritual offering and Blood Sacrifice is purposed to produce Satanic humans running the earth and to keep enslaved the female Christos-Sophia from reclaiming her body parts and creations in the earth. This is enslavement of the Mother principle. Satanism effectively is the worship of earthly forces through patriarchal domination and their False Father earthly conjured gods for selfish material gain. The world of forces can be ritualized through offerings, Blood Sacrifice SRA and its intentions made manifest through superimposing forces or binding others energies without their consent or free will in physical matter. Apparently, it is believed when the luciferian ritualist opens the portal of Daath, the heart complex and physical heart chambers are filled with life force, which supposedly grows a soul from those sacrificed and harvested, on behalf of those who are soul-less. For those of us aware that the Sons of Belial are behind the New World Order and the 911 Timelines, it becomes clearer that humanity was held captive at a global scale, to witness the sophisticated orchestration of an Adam Belial Luciferian ritual that destroyed the Twin Towers and killed many innocent people for the purpose of Blood Sacrifice for the soul-less. The Belial Program described is one faction of the NAA attempting to force the planet to serve the multiple invading species agenda, through imposing artificially replicated time fields, inverting the system and generating a false reality based upon masterful lies, deceptions and illusions. The NAA effectively declared an edict of war against the Christos Founders, and all of the Maji Grail King lines, Indigos, as well as the earth population on September 12, 2000. Exactly one year later they staged an Adam Belial ritual in order to institute a public ceremony announcing their New World Order plan with the culmination of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City. The destruction of the Twin Towers and Blood Sacrifice of those killed at the World Trade Center, was intended to be the line drawn in the sand to show the NAA were proceeding with their full domination and slavery agenda of humanity and earth. This event brought forward what became known as the 911 Timelines, the institution of the false reality timelines in order take the planet into AI Assimilation Timeline which is the Fallen AI Timeline Loops that the NAA fully control from within the Phantom Matrix. The day of the attack: 11 The Date of the Attack, September 11 or 9/11 = 9 + 1 + 1 = 11 911 is emergency number = 9 + 1 + 1 = 11 September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11 After September 11th we have 111 remaining for the end of the year. 119 is the Area Code for Iran & Iraq 1 + 1+ 9 = 11 The first plane to hit one of the buildings was Flight 11 The State of New York was the 11th State to join the Union New York City = 11 letters Afghanistan = 11 letters The Pentagon = 11 letters Flight 11 had 92 passengers, 9 + 2 = 11 Flight 77 had 65 passengers, 6 + 5 = 11 Twin Towers look like an 11 Twin Towers had 110 floors George H.W. Bush’s famous New World Order speech to congress was on 9/11/1990. Exactly 11 years before the attacks. In that speech, Bush encodes another 9-11. “Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective, a New World Order” → 5. “An era in which the nations of the world: east and west, north and south…” → 4. 5+4=9. “100 generations have searched for this elusive path to peace, while 1000 wars waged across the span of human endeavor” →100+1000 = 1100 → 11 Through gematria we see the first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, actually encodes two 11s. A=1, so AA-11 = 11-11. This also hearkens to the spiritual organization founded by Aleister Crowley known as A∴A∴ The North Tower (WTC1) was impacted at 8:46:40 and collapsed at 10:28:22. An interval of ~101 minutes. The South Tower (WTC2) was impacted at 9:03:00 and collapsed at 9:59:00. An interval of 56 minutes, 5+6=11. (Yes, those times times are exactly at the minute marks. 9:03:00 is the impact time given in the 9/11 Commission Report. However, NIST established this time as 9:02:59… Shucks, only one second off.) September 11th was the 254th day of the year. 2+5+4=11 Thus, there were 111 days left in the year. September 11th in the Gregorian calendar is New Year’s Day in the Coptic calendar, the calendar originating in Egypt, traditionally the source of all the Hermetic traditions. Quran (9:11) - "For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace". (Note the verse number!)

[script-a-world]

I'm writing a story (well, RP) that involves an alien refugee who arrived on Earth while pregnant. There's a few other aliens with her, one of whom has had a child before. It's been established that I'm going to need to answer the Earth scientists' questions about how pregnancy works for the aliens. But for the life of us, neither I nor my writing partner can think of actual questions to ask. So... do you have any suggestions for "things human scientists/doctors would need to know about alien reproduction if they're going to be providing health care"? I googled things like "things to know about pregnancy" but none of the articles are very helpful. [I guess this could be reworded to "what are things you need to figure out when worldbuilding alien reproduction post-conception if it's important to the story to figure it out?"]

Miri: If you had asked a few months ago, I could have suggested this class to you:

http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/class-where-babies-come-from-speculative-reproduction/ Unfortunately I don’t know when the next round of it will be, but it was an interesting class where we talked about different types of reproduction that could exist out there in fiction, and just how different it could be from reproduction as we know it as carbon based life forms.

Some things to consider would be what kind of nutrition your alien needs, what kind of environment they need, and if these are different from their regular needs, and if the offspring and carrying being’s needs are different after the birth as well. How many offspring are expected? What effect will this process have on the carrying being? Human pregnancy can be very stressful, damaging even on the carrying person. History has shown that many have not survived this process. Is this a high risk process for your alien?

Wootzel: I second most of what Miri said, and I’m going to repeat/build from it a bit. Those sheltering/feeding/providing care for the alien will need to know what kind of diet is needed to keep the mother and child/children healthy. If their biological processes are similar to earthlings, they might need higher protein content, for instance.

Along that line, are there any substances that the alien should not come in contact with while pregnant? Human fetuses are very fragile and prone to defects if chemicals are introduced that  don’t have substantial ill effects on adult humans, and there might be some things that the adults can tolerate that the pregnant one needs to be sheltered from.

Is there any particular diagnostic/supportive/monitoring care that is usually provided to make sure mom and baby are healthy? Can humans run some kind of testing panel like bloodwork on the previously-pregnant one, compare it to the pregnant one, and have some vague idea of whether it looks normal? Will an ultrasound show anything of interest?

What does the birth process tend to look like? What are some common complications and treatment methods for them? Is setting up an IV with something like a saline solution helpful?

After the birth, will the mother be able to care for the child/ren right away, or will she need help with it while she rests and recovers? Do their bodies make food for the baby (like our milk) or will it need to be fed? Mammals literally cannot digest adult food when they’re infants, but other species on our world (reptiles, birds) often eat a modified version of the adult diet right away or jump straight into eating the same thing as the parents, so you can very realistically pick a point on that spectrum to aim for.

Is there anything the baby will need in terms of temperature, moisture, humidity, light level, etc? A human hospital could be a great place for an infant of this species, or an awful one depending on what the needs are like. However, if the adults tolerate our environments well, it’s unlikely that the baby will need something vastly different.

Humans are more fragile in our pregnancies and births than most mammals on our world, because growing a creature with such a large and complex brain is hard and there are lots of things that can go wrong. Even so, most mothers can eat a similar diet along with their peers, have some reduction in activity level, and with a bit of supportive care and time to recover, can give birth safely and return to health. It’s likely that, similarly, your species of alien needs a few adjustments and extra care to have a healthy pregnancy, but nothing crazy. Otherwise, the species probably wouldn’t have survived to sapience.

In modern medicine, we have many forms of monitoring and supportive care that are recommended to help with pregnancy, which has reduced the risks, but basic biological processes still take care of most of it. Unless you want to write your alien having a complication, it’s realistic that the people helping her could try to answer the above questions, have to guess a whole lot, but ultimately keep her comfortable and well-fed and have the whole thing turn out okay.

#aliens #pregnancy #medicine

[honney-boy]

Zoo Day With Kiara

Pairing: kiara carrera x f!reader

warnings: nothing more than some fluffy girlfriend vibes🤙🏽

a/n: I went to the zoo the a couple of weeks ago for the first time in two years and I had so much fun! I could stop thinking about a pogues zoo day (might make a post) or Kiara and her girlfriend just hanging at the zoo. Bare with me, it's my first hc :)

Alright here it goes

Kie would definitely be the type of girlfriend to surprise you with a surprise date to the zoo

She knows how much you love animals and she just so happens to love them just as much

That's something you guys bonded over when you first met

It was definitely a trip worth while. She took the time to plan it and your day

But anyway, you guys would have been with each other the night before and she'd tell you she would be by your house in the morning

Like 8am type shit

The next morning she would text you a sweet good morning text. Something like 'good morning beautiful' and 'I'll be at your house in 15 :)’

Even though you had to get up too early for your liking, you had nothing to do, so why not spend the day your lovely and beautiful girlfriend

She would drive you guys to the docks to ride the ferry to the mainland since the island itself didn't have a zoo

She'd keep it a secret the whole time so you have no freaking clue

"Kie, can I know where were going?"

"Nope it's a surprise."

You'd give her the little cute pouty face and the puppy eyes "Pretty Please?"

She usually can't say no to the cute face, but she did this time though it was hard.

"You'll just have to wait babe, you'll love it I promise!”

You guys spend your time on the ferry talking about whatever comes to mind, probably bring up the dumb thing the other pogues did earlier that week and working up a laugh

Picutes are definitely taking!

After riding to the Mainland, you guys would have to drive a LONG while

Like 4 hours long.

You'd already have a road trip playlist ready to go and you guys would be jamming out to a mix and mingle of songs

Queen, Bazzi, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, p!atd, The Weeknd, Post Malone, Kehlani, Halsey, ABBA, Fleetwood Mac and more!

Even making pit stops at the gas station for snack

McDonald's Drive through for a quick breakfast or Starbucks. The choice is yours

Zoo

So, when you guys first get to the zoo you're like a kid on Christmas.

Like seriously, you're filled with so much happiness you could cry because you haven't been to the zoo in YEARS, and now your wholesome girlfriend brought you to your favorite place.

It's like if you smell a certain think and it brings back old memories...seeing and smelling the place brought back some memories

"I can't believe you brought me to the zoo!”

"I planned for us to spend most of the day together here, just the two of us."

"Aw kie, I'm filled with so much emotion I could kiss you right now"

You guys definitely share a few sweet kisses 💞

And when she meant most of the day, she LITERALLY meant the majority of it.

You two would walk hand and hand around the zoo, you occasionally letting her hand go to rush over to see the animals. Or pull her along with you so she wouldn't lose you

You guys would start with all the outside animals first before going inside to the reptiles and stuff

You'll see the Addra Gazelle with it's cute ears.

Walk past the rhino exhibits, then head straight to the giraffes.

The giraffe exhibit did stink but y'all didn't let that ruin your time. Plus they were to cute for you to care about the smell.

You'd see the little baby giraffe running around chasing the geese, causing the two of you to giggle.

You'd tell her random animal facts like→"Giraffes have purple tongues." Or "Giraffes have seven neck bones as we do."

After the giraffes you guys have to walk a bit to get to the next exhibit so you walk hand and hand to the elephants.

When you get to the elephants Kie gets soo excited

Like so excited that she drags you with her as she basically books it!

When you get there there's two elephants–Asian and African–just walking around and spraying eachother

You'll tell her another fact→"African and Asian elephants are similar but different, and the way you can tell is African elephants have big ears while Asian elephants have smaller ears. An Asian elephant ears also fold downwards at the top."

Right before you guys go see the lions and the zebras, behind one of the big elephants legs there's a baby elephant hiding!🐘

uwus are FLLLYYING😩💗💓💞💕

The last time you were at the zoo a few years back there wasn't a baby elephant and now there is! You both make sure to takes pics and vids

For the rest of the day you guys enjoy being with each other, sharing sweet moments, taking more pics and videos while you see the rest of the animals. Gorillas, Tigers, Panthers, Monkeys, Polar Bears, Bald Eagles, Turtles +more

You even got to feed birds nectar as they flew around, landing on your heads and shoulders :)

At some point during the day you guys would stop and get more snacks to share (even though you had some one the way). Cotton Candy, popcorn, maybe ice-cream or a drink.

Your last stop before you leave is the Zoo gift shop.

It's pretty big with cool shirts, gadgets, toys, jewelry and stuff animals.

You don't plan on getting anything but that didn't stop you from wondering off without Kie to go find something to check out

You find weird things that you pick up but put back because they weren't worth the buy(but they toootally were)

You came across this gender neutral mood ring that you thought was sick and it looked like a wedding band so you bought it for your girlfriend for shits and giggles

After buying it you walked around the shop looking for her and see her checking out a shirt, so you go up behind her and hug her

You nearly scare her to death!🤣

"Holy shi- Y/n don't do that! I almost died."

"But you just looked so gOtDaUm huggable Kie. Also, I got you something."

Curious, she does turn around and gives you the look, remembering what you said before you guys walked in.

"I thought you said you didn't want to buy anything."

"I know but I had to get this."

You make sure you have her full attention, though you always have her attention😊

You give a little sweet speech something along the lines of this↓

"Kiara Carrera, I've known you since we were kids and from the moments you laugh at my goofy puns and stupid pick up lines when we got older, I knew we'd be great together. We were friends for a while and though we went to different high schools, our relationship never strained. When I asked you to be my girlfriend, I knew I was making the right decision, and I don't regret it. You're the best thing in my life Kie, and you're my best friend. I wouldn't change it for the world."

She would blush like MAD and smile a lot. She was used to your cheesiness, but that never failed to make her blush "Who else would put up with your crazy self? You will have me always, but you had me the moment you told me that bee pun."

"Kiara would you do your girlfriend the honor and accept this mood ring so I can keep track of your emotions and I love you because instead of stopping me when you see me doing silly things, you join me?"

And like you said, she went along with you act and held out her hand for you to slip it on her middle finger

"Now when you give people the bird they can read you emotion too."

Kie would love your little gesture and laugh at the fact that you put it on her middle finger and she would test it out on you

She'd flip you off AS A JOKE, and the color of it would be violet-pink which means she's feeling happy.

"Wow, I feel so loved!”

She'd surprise you too with a matching mood ring "I knew the kid in you would flip, so I got you one also."

She puts it in your middle finger and whether or not you give her the bird as a joke is up too you :)

And on top of that she would have bought you a stuffed animal of your favorite animal

THE KID IN YOU CAME OUT

Excitment-100

Happiness-100

Love-10000

Admiration-100000+

Honestly you love this girl so much, and she makes your heart speed up you could go into cardiac arrest.

Kie definitely would have gotten the biggest hug and some kisses all over her face for that

You'd tell her how she is the best girlfriend ever the whole time you're leaving, even on the car ride back to Outerbanks

When you guys do get back to the island, the guys would ask you were you guys were at(mostly jj even though he watched your sc story)

You would keep it simple by saying you went to the zoo and boooooi

They would feel so left out because the kid in them wants to go to the zoo too!

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Taglist :)

@outerbnx-stiles @letsgotothehop

Let me know if you guys want a pogues zoo day hc!

#kiara outer banks #outer banks imagine #outer banks netflix #outerbanks #obx fic #obx #kiara carrera x reader #kiara carrera #headcanon #kiara x reader #kiara carrera x female reader

[the-fae-folk]

*Quoth* every bit of writing advice ive read talks about having a really good hook. but nothing actually explains what that means or how to do it.

(transcribed and translated from Quoth the Raven) Of course they don’t tell you how. Most people who tell you to do that have no idea how to write a good hook. They’re just parroting advice that they’ve heard. Lets start with what a hook is. A Narrative Hook is just a literary technique that “Hooks” the reader’s attention and keeps them interested enough in your writing to actually want to keep going. So many bits of advice emphasize that your hook has to be the very first sentence. In many cases they are correct. But not always. A hook can also be several paragraphs, or even the first few pages of a novel. Only academic writing needs to place so heavy an emphasis on your first sentence and paragraph because you have to make your point immediately and move on. There’s no time for dallying or dillying in Academia. But even though you have a bit more leeway in other types of writing you’ve still got to be careful. This isn’t just something you can scribble out and move on. A good narrative hook takes some planning. You have to think about WHO your audience is and WHY this particular bit of writing will hook them. What about it will intrigue or interest them enough that they’ll resist other plays for their attention in order to follow those thoughts. And of course not only does your hook need to be for your audience (or audiences if you insist on writing for more than one at a time), but it also needs to be relevant to your story or characters somehow. It should give us a reason to keep reading so that we can see more where that came from, to see how it connects and keeps giving. Even something that touches upon the themes of your book would be good if the writing is clever enough. Dialogue will give insight on the characters, setting, or even signs of the conflict. Let me give you an example. “The skies are always dark when I stop at the McDonald's on my way to work in the morning. Just a breakfast sandwich and a sprite is enough to keep me going. I always see the strangest people when I come out this early. But the strangest of all was when I saw Death herself feeding the starlings with french fries.” In this paragraph I’ve done several things. I purposefully did not put the hook at the beginning of the paragraph. Instead I’ve given you both a general setting for your story (Set in a contemporary world where such things as a McDonald’s exists and people actually want to eat there) and some insight into your character and their life (someone who is unfortunate enough to have to get up for an early morning shift and doesn’t have time for breakfast at home). It tells you about the sorts of things they’ll eat and what the general expectation for this part of their life is like (they see lots of weird people around this time of day because that’s just what happens at McDonald’s around 6am).

Then I drop the bombshell. Disguised as a casual statement that is merely continuing the previous thought I happen to mention that I saw Death doing something as ordinary as feeding starlings her french fries. This sentence, though seemingly tame is quite extraordinary for a number of reasons. It introduces the metaphysical concept of Death as a character who can move about and do person things like eat (or not eat) french fries. It tells us that Death is not just a person...but a HER! How many depictions of Death are female in our contemporary media? A few...but not that many. Even something as mundane seeming as Starlings might have significance. Besides being initially odd (Because usually one might say crows or pigeons when someone is feeding birds), you might have starlings have some greater significance later on, perhaps some kind of symbolism you hint at. Or you might just really like starlings and think that they themselves are odd enough to mention that it might help, either one works just as well. Even though Death is just feeding a bunch of birds some fries we already have so many questions that NEED answering. Why is Death there? What’s her story? Why starlings? And why McDonald’s french fries of all things? We’ve hooked the reader into wanting more. But did you know that you don’t have to begin things with a scene? A question could be a startling and interesting way to start out a piece of writing. Drop straight to the heart of the matter and question the reader themselves. “What is your third favorite reptile?” Is a fun one I’ve heard, especially since you can immediately elaborate on that with your own favorite reptile and why any of this is relevant to whatever your writing is supposed to be about. Really there are lots of ways you can start a story. A declaration that something is so! A significant quote that pulls your reader straight into the middle of a heated conversation. Perhaps an interesting fact or statistic might help you (it can even be entirely made up if your story is set in a fictional world. I once read a book that interspersed the entire story with encyclopedia style clips about places, people, things, and creatures that didn’t exist outside of the story’s world). Even just describing something in great detail is acceptable, whether an enchanted forest, a cold and empty moon, or an apartment filled with half filled cups that your protagonist keeps forgetting to finish and put in the dishwasher. You can even begin with a particularly unique or really well chosen metaphor (or simile) that will set a certain tone or idea for everything that comes after it. (I read a short story where they used a popular spiritual cliche as their first sentence and then spent the entire piece undermining the sentiment.) So many ways to make a hook, and even better, make a good hook. However... You don’t HAVE to use a hook. It’s a literary technique that has become rather popular, but it’s not set down in the rules that you must absolutely use one or your entire piece of writing will burst into flames and die. There are a lot of good stories, essays, and other pieces of writing that don’t use hooks. It does get a lot more difficult if you don’t  use one though. The point of a hook is that initial attention grab. If you decide not to use one you will run the risk of many people not reading past your first few pages. It’s not the end of the world, but its a dangerous game to play. The rest of your work will have to be truly worth the read for you to get away with that sort of thing in this day and age. Well, I hope that answers your question and gives you a good place to start writing hooks for your stories! (or essays). In thanks I request that you go feed some birds (not starlings because they’re so annoying. Always like “look at me! I’m so mateable and majestic even though I’m flying in a swarm of a thousand others who look exactly like me and none of us will shut up for five minutes about who can get it on the best or who can find the best fruit and insects.” Ugh. Stupid little things. They think they’re so pretty. I agree, they’re pretty irritating.) (Notes from the Author of the Blog: One unmentioned form of Narrative Hook is called “In Media Res”. It literally means “in the middle of things” which is fairly on point because the technique is about beginning your story in the middle of the action instead of slogging through all the boring exposition. It’s a little hard to pull off well because it demands that the writer find fluid and subtle ways to introduce all that worldbuilding and essential info to the reader without giving a pages long infodump later on when the reader needs to understand something for plot reasons. Also, a Hook can be found in other types of media besides writing. In music it is a musical phrase or idea that is used to catch the listener’s attention and make the music seem appealing. In film they have something similar that is used to try and grab the viewer’s attention in the first 5-10 minutes. It is a very good tool to know how to use and use well, though it may take a bit of practice to get right. Finally, the Author of the Blog does not share Quoth’s views on Starlings; though maybe still don’t feed them (or any bird) french fries.)

#quoth the raven #writing advice #narrative hook #writing hook #writing skills #starlings #french fries #writing

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #290

“you’re a little pistol, & i’m fuckin’ pistol-whipped.”

What’s the biggest argument you’ve ever had with a family member? Did things ever go back to how they were beforehand? Definitely something with Mom. The biggest was probably in the car one night where she got so mad at me that she tried to kick me out of the car. No, I didn't listen. I don't really remember exactly what we were arguing about... other than it was something small that blew up about bigger themes. Have you ever experienced some kind of natural disaster? Hurricanes. If you have pets, do you feed them human food or do they just get regular pet food? If they do get human food, what’s their favorite thing to have? Roman only gets cat food. He's actually really well-trained about not taking human food after he did once as a kitten. Now he might just sniff around curiously and give it a look, but food can be pretty close to him and he doesn't go for it. Have you ever been in a physical fight? Who won? No. What were you lighting the last time you used a lighter or matches? Probably a candle. What’s the mode of transport that you take or use the most? Mom's car. Are there any sequels to things that you prefer to the original? I'm sure. Oh, Shrek comes to mind; I love the original, but the second is my favorite. What games do you play on your phone, if any at all? Just Pokemon GO, really. I have a couple others up there just for my niece and nephew to play. Aside from family, who was the last person you spent time with? How do you know that person? miss rona doesn't allow "hanging out." Do you spend a lot of money on your appearance? No. Have you ever had a zoo keeper experience or anything where you’ve been able to go behind the scenes and look after/feed the animals? I wish! :( Do you have an item that is your good luck charm? No. Your favorite thing about your job (or school)? N/A Least favorite thing about your job (or school)? N/A Do you have a "funny" toenail? No. Favorite canned soup? Meh, not a soup person. Do you have a particular coffee mug you drink from? No. Your take on declawing cats? It's cruel as fuck and you're despicable if you think it's all good and well to torture your cat like that. Do you have smoke detectors in your home? Yeah. What was your favorite snuggle toy when you were a child? First it was my little stuffed bunny that held a polka-dotted blanket, but through most of my childhood I cuddled a stuffed moose I got from Ohio at Cabela's. Brownie is still on top of my dresser. :') What did you do on your first date? Got Sonic and saw Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in the theater. I had the weirdest first date in that he invited my mom lmao. I still count it as our first one, though. The last time you let someone go, was it to make yourself happy or them? Myself. Who was the last person that could tell something was wrong with you? My ma. Have you ever thought about online dating? If so, were you desperate? Well I had a long-distance relationship, but it wasn't through a dating app or anything. Had one of those once and am mortified by it (even though no one shoud be), but no, I wouldn't have called myself "desperate." I was just incredibly lonely. Do you try not to take a lot of medicine or do you take it whenever? I just take it if I need it, honestly. I've been medicated pretty heavily most of my life, so whatever. Are you ever scared of people reading your survey answers? I wouldn't put them out there if I was. Would you ever go back to your most recent ex? That's the plan if things go ideally, but I'm not letting my hopes get too high. It'll be nice if that happened, but I'll still live on if not. What’s your best friend’s pet’s name(s)? She has lots of pets. There's Martha, Crowley, Little Dot, Jane Marie, Doris, Buster, Mango, and for her fish, I only know the one pleco's name: Raisha. When was the last time you got a splinter? I'm not sure. Are there any spiders in your room right now? I mean, probably. Somewhere. Have you ever taken a picture while laying in the grass? Not of myself. Who’s your favorite Disney charater? Dory. Are there any framed pictures of you in your house? In family shots, yes. What was the first television show you were obsessed with? Pokemon. Do you and your friends normally say you love one another? Definitely. How often would you say you get sick? Almost never. Let's not jinx it. Is there anything you get for free as a benefit for being a member of something? No. When were you the saddest in your life? 2016 was a year I'd wish upon absofuckinglutely nobody. Do you think bald guys are attractive? It would depend on the person? I don't find them inherently unattractive or attractive. If you don’t recognize the number of who’s calling, do you answer anyway? Nope. How do you pronounce route? "Rowt" What's the last thing you looked at under a microscope? Something during a biology lab when I was still in school. We looked at a number of stuff. Pretty cool. What internet service provider do you have? ... We just moved and changed providers and I already don't remember. Do you ever hear of something disgusting that you haven’t seen, so you go and look it up? This is very rare. If something is *disgusting*, I don't exactly wanna see it. If you had to get a tattoo on your face to save your life, what would it be? I'd have to think on this. I'm not opposed to a subtle face tat anyway, maybe near my ear or eye. Has someone ever made you a Build-A-Bear? No... but I've always kinda wanted a partner to lmao that's cute as fuck. Who was the last person you were “in a relationship with” on Facebook (including anyone you may have put “in a relationship with” for a joke)? Sara. Were you ever “the other man/woman”? How did it turn out? How do you feel about it today? No, and I never would be. What do you think of open relationships? If your partner suggested it, what would you say? Not for me whatsoever, but it works for some people. I'd honestly leave the relationship because I'd feel like I wasn't good enough. Would you ever date out of your race? I have before, would do it again with no problems. Have you ever had a reptile for a pet? Oh, plenty! Did you have a swing set when you were a kid? Yes. Swings were my favorite outdoor "toy" as a kid. What is a book that you really want to read? The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. I fucking adore The Handmaid's Tale and I literally have the book, I'm just too into WoF to make time for it. What is something that you really want to try, whether it’s a hobby, food, etc.? A lot of things. I guess to name one... wow, now that I'm actually thinking, nothing is coming to me, lmao. What sort of things do you like to post or look at on Tumblr? Mark-related stuff, what a shocker. What type of people are you usually attracted to? "Different," but not in a super weird-you-out way. I like clearly unique, truly one-of-a-kind people. What song are you listening to at the moment? "Watching For Comets" by Skillet is on. I'm surprised I feel okay listening to it. How often do you take naps and how long do they usually last? Almost daily. They can be an hour or two... embarrassingly, haha. Who’s one person who changed how you viewed something? Hannah Hart on gay rights. How many pillows do you like to sleep with? Two. What was the best conversation you’ve had recently? I dunno. Have you ever considered modeling? Nooooooooooo sir. When was the last time you did something daring? ME? DARING? Who in the world knows. List five of your favorite foreign foods. Uhhhh. 1.) This requires a lot of thinking and 2.) I'm very uninformed in what is *actually* truly foreign food that I've eaten and not just an American adaptation. I'm not very adventurous with foods, either, especially when I know it's "foreign." What types of seafood are your favorite? I just like shrimp. Do you write a lot for pleasure? I wouldn't say "a lot" anymore. Do you like bacon? Oh yeah. Do you like Rammstein? Hell yeah, they're in my favorites list. Have you ever been to a State Fair? Maybe, but I don't think so. Do you like YouTube? Maaan, I don't know what I'd do without it lmao. If so what's your favorite channel? I like that Mark R. Pliers guy a little bit, and lately I've really been digging Snake Discovery and Hazelnuttygames. Good Mythical Morning/Rhett and Link are deep, deep in my heart still, even though I don't watch them anymore. There is truly a *lot*, it's why I don't need television, haha. What is your favorite small dog breed? Papillons, probably. When was the last time you went through a McDonald's Playplace? Oh yikes, no clue. I definitely haven't ~really~ been in one since I was much younger (uhhhh and smaller), but I do have a faint memory of starting to go in one chasing after a kid. Maybe my nephew when he and his dad visited? idr What was the first comic book you ever had an obsession over? I was never into comics. Do you like kids pop-up books? BITCH you are LYING if you say you don't like looking at the cool effects lmao. Have you ever ridden a camel? No. Have you ever punched somebody? No. Can you sing opera? Oh, definitely not. Who was the last person you video-called with? Have you done this more often since COVID hit? My therapist, and you could say that, considering I never did before because I hate video calls. If you have pets, when was the last time one of them annoyed you? What happened? Roman (my cat) was just playing too rough with my hand. He's always hyper in the morning. When was the last time you took a dog out for a walk? Is this your own dog or did you borrow someone else’s? Wow... it's been many years. I walked Teddy sometimes, but that definitely slowed down and eventually came to a halt as he aged and his joints got bad; he would hesitate going down the porch steps, and I didn't want him to get too tired mid-walk and then have to go up them. Have you ever been the victim of a theft or robbery? What was stolen? Did the police ever catch the person who did it? No, thankfully. Are you a fan of garlic bread? Do you eat it on its own or as part of a bigger meal? Garlic bread would ruin my life if I let it, lmao. It's always a side. When was the last time your area was under some kind of weather warning? Did it end up being as bad as predicted? There was literally a tornado warning three days ago. I don't think so, no, but then again I didn't really look into it. Do you prefer having the blinds/curtains open or closed when you’re at home? Does it depend on the weather or the time of day? OPEN. You NEED natural light, I promise. I used to like my room as dark as possible in my worst times, but I am so glad I cut that out. I like, feel a part of me lighten up when I open my blinds in the morning. Who was the last person to tag you in something on social media? How do you know that person? My mom shared something that reminded her of Roman. Have you ever eaten a Big Mac? No; I don't like lettuce in my burgers, so I'm sure I wouldn't like it. What brand is your vacuum cleaner? I'd have to check. Where was your favorite hangout as a kid? So at my childhood home, down the road was a "stream" (aka a ditch and drainage pipe going underneath the road) that usually had at least some water in it, but if it rained, it really started to feel more like a real stream to us kids because of the movement. It drained into the pond just beyond the woods, and my sisters and some neighbors loved to play around that area. What’s your favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni,ig. Which sport do you suck at the most? All of 'em lol. My hand-eye coordination is awful, and hell no can I run. Are you good at rapping? I've never tried, but I'm certain I wouldn't be. I stutter so badly, and it's been getting worse. Can you say the alphabet in more than one language? I know it in German. Do you eat three meals a day? It varies. What do you want out of life? Fulfillment. To feel like I did something worthwhile.

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[goosegoblin]

hi Jess. I’m assuming you’re not a parent, but I thought outside perspective might help. I’m a mom to a wonderful 3yo. She loves animals. I haven’t gone to the zoo in years bc I know how they treat the animals and it’s exploitation. But she really, really wants to go to the zoo. Do I just shove my morals to the side to make my kid happy? I want to, but I also feel immense guilt when it comes to zoos and aquariums. We don’t live anywhere that allows pets btw. Thanks girl

Zoos aren’t immoral! Zoos are not immoral at all!

If you haven’t been to the zoo in years, then you likely haven’t seen what zoos are like now. They’ve changed a lot since when we were young kids. Zoos exist first and foremost to promote conservation. They also focus heavily on education.

Here are some photos of modern enclosures. I’ve seen all of these in person, so I can guarantee they aren’t misleadingly photographed.

Zoos undergo regular internal and external welfare examinations/checks. Look for professional memberships- EAZA for Europe, BIAZA for UK, AZA for America, WAZA for worldwide (although that one isn’t used as frequently). If you want to be extra careful, look for non-profits as opposed to for-profits, and avoid private collections.

My Masters is in this field, so I can tell you there’s so much science out there. There are whole journals dedicated to researching how to improve the welfare of animals in human care, and how to better spread the messages we’re trying to spread. There’s research on behaviour, nutrition, social groups, physical health, mental well-being, enrichment and lots, lots more. 

Personally, my research was with flamingos as part of a wider project to see if they prefer to be more active at nighttime- if they do, then zoos will move to opening their houses at night (often they’re shut away at night for safety reasons) and moving them to nocturnal feeding. My classmate was trialling different forms of enrichment with sloe loris, while someone else was comparing and contrasting the reproductive strategies of birds commonly kept in zoos. I also did a meta-analysis of how captivity affects animal microbiomes- that’s a field that’s really going to explode soon, in my opinion. 

Zoos seek to emulate the natural behaviour and environment of an animal as much as possible. One zoo near me literally has a large rock that they imported from Madagascar just because they know the lemurs lick it to gain minerals. People spend weeks in freezing temperatures desperately tracking the behaviour of certain species so that they can better understand how to make them happy in our care. If you can name a species, it almost certainly has a ‘working group’ with its own annual meetings, committee and publications, who exist purely to figure out how to improve that animal’s quality of care. I attended a reptile and amphibian working group conference last year, so I can tell you there are 100% people out there devoting their lives to trying to reintroduce certain species of frogs to ponds by lovingly rearing tadpoles, releasing them and tracking them as they grow.

Zoos have helped many species regain their numbers, to the extent of actively bringing some species back from the brink of extinction. The Arabian oryx is a classic example of that- from extinct in the wild to just ‘vulnerable’, a gain of thousands and thousands of animals. Zoos also use the money from ticket sales to fund a great amount of conservation work in the areas where they reintroduce these animals, working with local people to ensure local culture is respected.

‘I know how they treat the animals’

How do you know this? You’ve already said it’s not from visiting, and I doubt it’s from research, so... friendship with zookeepers? Reading reports from independent welfare investigations? Tracking longevity and health in captivity v.s. wild? Because I’ve done all those things, and I certainly didn’t conclude ‘exploitation’ from any of it. You can’t go out and catch an ostrich and bang it in a cage any more- capturing from the wild is very rare now, and it’s only done if we have no other choice (i.e. ‘this species is 100% going extinct unless we intervene’.)

It’s also worth pointing out that zookeeper wages are very, very low. Hours are long, and the work is incredibly tiring. Every person you see at a zoo is there because they love their animals more than they could ever put into words.

Here are a few things that zoos I have personally visited do:

- donate entire rooms to tanks of endangered snail species they are trying to save

- extensively monitor wild populations of Grevy’s zebra to follow population dynamics over years and years

- build a customised retirement house for a rescued circus elephant

- spearhead projects to reintroduce outcompeted species of orchid in the UK

Like, look at some of this:

https://www.zsl.org/science/research 

https://www.zsl.org/conservation

https://www.zsl.org/education

That’s just one zoo group (two zoos). They even have this great page on how zoos have changed over time, which I think you’d find really interesting:

https://www.zsl.org/education/the-modern-zoo

Zoos are not perfect, and honestly, a lot of zookeepers really wish zoos weren’t necessary (hell, I think we’ve got something like 70 years left until we hit the point at which it’s genuinely planned that we should ideally have figured out something better). Unfortunately, right now they’re our best hope right now of keeping certain species alive. Anybody who criticises zoos honestly needs to have a better suggestion of what we should do, because I certainly haven’t found one- and trust me, I’ve looked.

xx

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[thegreenwolf]

DEEP ANCESTRAL ANIMAL SPIRITS, PART ONE

Note: This post was originally posted on No Unsacred Place in 2012, and then later Paths Through the Forests. I am moving it to my personal blog at http://www.thegreenwolf.com/blog so I can have more of my writings in one place.

The human brain is a fascinating thing. I had already learned a good deal about it just in personal reading, but when I went through my graduate program to get my counseling psych degree, I got a lot more up-to-date information. For example, I learned about the triune brain—the idea that we have the reptilian brain (the basal ganglia, the most primitive part of the brain), the paleomammalian brain (the limbic system) and the neomammalian brain (the neocortex). What I also learned is that this model is overly simplistic, that it doesn’t correspond as neatly to actual reptile and various mammal brains as is popularly assumed. Also, some non-mammalian species exhibit levels of intelligence and behavior that rival neocortical capacities, without an actual neocortex in the brain. And all mammals have some neocortical development, just not to the degree of humans. So, in short, the triune brain model has fallen out of favor due to its flaws.

Still, as very brief shorthand, the “reptile”, “old mammal” and “new mammal” models of the different sections of the human brain work if you keep its limitations in mind. It’s a good set of mnenomics to remember that the oldest portion of the brain (“reptile”) is that which is associated with primitive territorial and aggressive/defensive actions, the next part (“old mammal”) has diversified into more complex behaviors surrounding the care and feeding of young and other family as well as the first development of emotions, and the newest portion (“new mammal”) has even more complex social and communication skills, as well as planning and foresight.

My interest in it here is as a model for self-reflective meditation. Even as highly developed as we humans are, our brains often get the better of us, particularly the more primitive portions. We still can fall prey to uncontrolled and unexamined anger, territoriality (literal and symbolic), fear, and other such impulses. We fear the Shadow-self and often try to excise it. And the more primitive self sometimes manifests as unnecessary violence that too often gets justified in the name of religion and other ideologies. Wars are massive groups of “reptiles” in territorial conflict.

So much of spirituality and religion seems to be aimed at quelling or rising above what we perceive as the most animal parts of ourselves, whether that’s sex or violence or desire and need. Sometimes mortification of the body is used; other times, we receive punishment for exhibiting “base” behaviors”. Look at the concepts of sin and uncleanliness when applied to perfectly normal, harmless human behaviors like consensual sexuality. Or we try to escape the body and the physical needs through meditation and projection, and many of us are taught to idealize an afterlife where the gross weight of the body is left behind and we are made “perfect”. In any case, the animal self is all too often demonized and shunned.Yet the answer is not to further distance ourselves from these parts of who we are as human animals, but instead to reconnect with them. Our increasingly (perceived) detachment from ourselves as animals, the idea that we are “above” or “better than” animals, doesn’t take away the fact that we are animals still, including in our brains. No amount of rationalization or distancing will remove that, nor will any level of supposed transcendence. As long as we are human animals in human animal bodies, we are responsible for our human animal selves, motivations, and actions.

We don’t, of course, need to swing all the way in the other direction and let our ids go wild in order to “be animals”. Yes, we are attracted on a certain level to the idea of unfettered fighting and fucking and competing relentlessly for resources to maximize the likelihood our genes will be passed on. But let’s not break out the blood sacrifices and wild orgies just yet. If we are to give honor to the evolution that has brought us to where we are, let’s not forget the compassion and humane treatment of ourselves and others that we have developed to a high degree (though we are not the only species to possess them). After all, we have seen the atrocities that have occurred when people display little to no control over their more primitive instincts at all. That’s where we get war, assault, selfish hoarding of precious resources, etc.

I propose, instead, a middle ground, one that allows us to aspire to the best of the uniquely human traits we’ve developed as a species, and also the more primitive foundations that we are built on. The goal is to first be able to identify what parts of the brain/self are active at different points, particularly those seen as negative; and second, instead of pushing them away, observing and knowing the impulses and feelings for what they are and thereby letting them have a place while keeping them in check.

And we’re going to do this by looking to our ancestors and our much-extended family for their experience and wisdom. In the second part of this series, I’m going to show you a guided meditation that you can use to contact animal spirits that correspond with the various layers of your brain as a way to begin this reclaiming of yourself as a human animal.

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[knuxtiger4]

It took a lot of convincing with my boyfriend to take this boy home but here we are.

As folks know well enough that I work in a Petco and of course if anyone works pet retail... a lot of people surrender animals to us they just don’t want. This past year was full of a lot of very bad conditions our surrender animals came in. If you recall that is how around two years back I adopted my beloved hamster Stumpy who only had two legs due to horrible neglect. She had passed over in July due to cancer.

Fast forward to this Monday where a lady dropped off “Puba”. She had spoke to us before back in the holidays about bringing him to us which at the time we had no room to take him. 

Unfortunately it was another situation where again people really need to think before they get a reptile.

Puba is a 7 year old male crested gecko, as you can see he is severely stunted and little underweight.  Honestly one of the other manager here though he was a juvie until I stated his age.  Not sure if he’s going to even grow anymore in size at this age.

All the information we got on husbandry was he had no heating in his life. Wasn’t fed dusted crickets, just straight crickets. Fed a “crested gecko diet” but like the cheapest stuff. He also was not handle a lot of at all considering he came with a fish net to catch him.

His tank he original was in was broken so his owners had him in literally a Kritter Keeper. You can see it wasn’t clean at all.  Not even sure if his original tank was even the right size for him.

He was surrendered cause her son went off to college and could not handle feeding and caring for the reptile. Honestly even just amazing they even gave him food at all the details we know.

So being how bad his situation, I felt it was time for me to take in another rescue from my store. A lot of reading, researching and videos later that get I can take this on. Of course slowly working with him the last few days and got bit a few times but hoping once I get him set here he’ll warm up.  Today he actually was letting me hold him without him getting angry so there been some progress.

I’ll get photos of his set up tomorrow, he’s coming home with me with a new tank and such. Going bioactive with him much like my salamanders are.

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[sciencespies]

Eight Things We’ve Learned About Moms Since the Last Mother's Day

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Eight Things We’ve Learned About Moms Since the Last Mother's Day

We freewheeling humans may be the only species that reliably showers mothers with cards and confections on the second Sunday in May, but all animal moms deserve some serious love and gratitude—probably on more than an annual basis.

From conception to birth and beyond, moms across the tree of life play an indispensable role in their kids’ survival and success. Here are a few things we’ve learned about the many ways the bong between a mother and her offspring manifests since our last Mother’s Day.

We Still Have a Lot to Learn About the Placenta

A mammalian fetus usually spends a few weeks or months or so in their mother’s placenta, an organ that shuttles nutrients, oxygen and waste between a mom-to-be and her embryo during pregnancy. Understanding this bizarre and complicated bit of anatomy is, quite literally, crucial to comprehending life as we know it.

Plenty about the placenta is still puzzling to researchers, including whether it hosts its own collection of friendly microorganisms, or microbiome. Though microbes are known to quickly colonize both the inside and outside of the human body after birth, playing important roles in immunity, digestion, and more, the placenta has traditionally been considered a sterile spot. If the placental microbiome exists—as some researchers argue it does—it could represent a fetus’ first exposure to benign bacteria and play a role in shaping the child’s future health.

But not everyone is on board with the idea. Last July, a group led by Stephen Charnock-Jones of the University of Cambridge published a study arguing against the existence of this mysterious microbial population, suggesting that previous experiments that had detected it had been the result of contamination in the lab, Laura Sanders reported for Science News at the time. The debate will inevitably rage on, wrote Ed Yong for the Atlantic, but highlights how little we understand about the microbes that inhabit our bodies.

Swamp Wallabies Can Get Pregnant While They’re Already Pregnant

Regardless of whether the placenta teems with bacterial tenants, this organ is inarguably a powerhouse—especially in the swamp wallaby, a petite marsupial that romps around Australia. Thanks to a series of weird quirks in their reproductive cycles, female swamp wallabies can get pregnant while already pregnant. These oddball animals boast two separate uteruses, and can alternate embryo implantations between them, allowing some overlap in gestation if they have sex before giving birth.

Female swamp wallabies may spent their entire adult lives continuously pregnant.

(pen_ash / Pixabay)

“As soon as they reach sexual maturity, these females are—perhaps unfortunately—pregnant all the time,” University of Melbourne biologist Brandon Menzies, who led the team that made the discovery, told Smithsonian magazine earlier this year.

Because their offspring suckle in the pouch for many months after birth, female swamp wallabies can end up supporting three young at once: an older joey that’s left the pouch, but still returns to mom for food; a younger joey nursing inside the pouch; and an incubating fetus that has yet to be born. Now that’s some impressive single parenting.

A 306-million-Year-Old Lizard Mother and Her Child Fossilized Together

The scientific community has learned about a few very old examples motherhood. Among them is a 306-million-year-old fossil immortalizing two lizard-like creatures huddled together in a tree stump—presumably, researchers argue, a mom protecting its kid.

If that’s indeed the case, this rare fossil could represent an extremely ancient instance of parental care in amniotes, the group that includes today’s mammals, birds and reptiles. The behavior, which requires an adult animal to invest time, energy and resources into its offspring after birth, might sound intuitive for modern creatures, but may not have come as easily to our egg-laying predecessors.

“Parental care is a strategy with a long antiquity,” paleontologist Arjan Mann told Smithsonian magazine last year. “Clearly, it’s worked out multiple times in evolutionary history. And we should have an appreciation for it.”

Were Ancient Europeans Using Clay Vessels to Feed Their Infants Animal Milk?

Not quite as old, but perhaps at least as impressive, are a set of 3,000-year-old clay vessels that may have been used to feed babies in what’s now Europe, Bruce Bower reported for Science News in September. Spouted and laced with traces of nonhuman animal milk, the containers may represent rudimentary baby bottles used on young kids during weaning, researchers argued in a paper published last year. By this point in time, dairying in Europe had been in place for at least 3,000 years, and women may have used milk from livestock animals to supplement their own breast milk as their children transitioned to solid food. The findings aren’t definitive, but still offer something for us modernites to chew on.

Mama Whales Whisper to Their Young to Evade Predators

Even when offspring stop relying on their mothers for food, they’ll often turn back to them for comfort, protection and companionship. That concept isn’t exactly breaking news, but each passing year offers up new examples of the tender ties between parents and their progeny.

Last July, Carolyn Wilke at Science News wrote of a heartwarming ritual between female southern right whales and their calves, who will listen to their mothers’ soft whispers to evade predatory orcas. These gentle calls—which sound like baritone moos—are too quiet to be picked up by anyone other than an adjacent whale (and, in this case, an eavesdropping scientist), allowing the gentle giants to protect their little ones in the vast and dangerous sea. “This shows us that whales have a sort of intimate communication as well,” Mia Nielsen, a behavioral biologist at Aarhus University in Denmark, told Science News at the time.

Vampire Bat Moms Persevere Through Illness to Care for Their Young

Moms will also go to great—and probably unsurprisingly—lengths to care for their kids, even when they’re feeling under the weather, a recent find in vampire bats suggests. Despite their vilification as blood sucking antagonists, these flying mammals are intelligent, social and generous, ecologist Gerry Carter of Ohio State University told Smithsonian magazine earlier this year. Sickness and symptoms do change behaviors, but illness-stricken moms will still muster the energy to feed and groom their offspring, highlighting the resilience of these relationships. The flipside of this, of course, is that it may enable infectious diseases to spread more quickly through family groups.

A Dolphin Adopted an Orphaned Baby Whale

A few heroic animal moms will even extend their caregiving to younguns of other species. Such adoptions are extremely rare (and don’t always end well). But recently, scientists have stumbled upon a handful of examples, including a female bottlenose dolphin that spent more than three years caring for a young melon-headed whale—even though she already had her own biological baby.

For mammals, milk production is a costly endeavor, making most moms wary of investing in young they’re not related to, even within the same species. The researchers behind the discovery, described in a paper published last summer, aren’t sure what circumstances bore out this odd cross-species interaction, but suspect it may have been largely fortuitous. Perhaps the little melon-headed whale was particularly persistent in pursuing the bottlenose mom at a time when she was “permissive” to the idea, having just given birth herself, Pamela Carzon of the Groupe d’Étude des Mammifères Marins (GEMM) de Polynésie told Erica Tennenhouse at National Geographic at the time.

A mother lion, her lion cubs and her adopted spotted leopard baby.

(Dheeraj Mittal / Deputy Conservator of Forests in India)

A Lioness Cared for a Sick Baby Leopard

Even more unexpected was a bond that formed between a mother lion and a baby leopard, described in a paper published earlier this year. Natural competitors who typically tussle over space and resources in India’s Gir National Park, lions and leopards are “at perpetual odds,” Stotra Chakrabarti of the University of Minnesota told Cara Giaimo at the New York Times. But a fuzzy, blue-eyed leopard cub managed to manage to melt another big cat’s lion heart. For more than a month, the lioness fostered the little interloper before he sadly died from a condition he’d likely had since birth.

The melon-headed whale and the leopard represent only the second and third cases of interspecies adoption ever documented, following on the heels of 2004 observation of a group of capuchin monkeys sheltering an infant marmoset. In all cases, the adoptee seemed to fit in relatively seamlessly with its new family, sometimes even engaging in playful behaviors and mimicking its newfound siblings.

These events are notably for their scarcity—but they’re also just plain adorable. As Carzon told National Geographic, “We were really excited to be able to witness such a rare phenomenon.”

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