Name: Bulbie
Debut: Pikmin
Pikmin 4 has a doggone good time being as doggy of a game as it can! I'm sure you are well aware by now of the new Funny Weird Dogs!
And I love these weird dogs! They are wonderful. I'm glad they are so important and beloved. But I would like to focus on a different dog, the very first Pikmin Dog, who we have known about since the very first game! Olimar's dog, Bulbie!
With this, I have shown you both official images of Bulbie that exist. I wish there were more! Bulbie is a dog even weirder than Oatchi and Moss, a whole different kind of critter that also happens to get called a dog. Isn't that great? These people have the concept of "dog", and so far we've only seen it used to refer to these funny bipeds! Olimar has no problem referring to both Bulbie and Moss as dogs, so I am led to believe that "dog" is more of a category of creature to these people, rather than a distinct species. Like how "mole" is a category of creature to us!
We know a precious little bit of Bulbie Lore. He is lazy, and able to sleep anywhere. He loves carrots. He farts a lot. That's about all we know. Awesome! Sure sounds like a Dog to me! And of course, Olimar loves Bulbie very much. Just like he loves his whole family! He is a Family Guy, complete with Funny Dog!
You may already know, or you may have noticed yourself, but Bulbie looks quite like a Bulborb. This is because Olimar named these creatures after Bulbie, due to their resemblance! It is also for this reason that they are members of the Grub-Dog Family. You see? Bulborb is just like a dog! While it is sweet of Olimar to name the species after Bulbie, it must also make his encounters with them even more disturbing. Not only is this a (comparatively) massive, hostile beast that could easily eat him whole, but it looks like his beloved little friend! That's like a nightmare! Especially with other, scarier Bulborb variants! I am happy to know that his Bulborb experiences do not affect his love for Bulbie one bit.
As much as I love and talk about invertebrates and funny fish, dogs have always been among my favorite animals, and always will be! They're an extremely conventional animal to love, and for very good reason. They're wonderful! And on this post about Weird Dogs, I would like to talk about how dogs are, in fact, weird in their own ways.
They're always sniffing with their wet noses, which they keep wet to smell even better. They love to lick, and lick to show love. And that love is such an important thing! Dogs are creatures of love! It is our love for dogs that shaped them into what they are today! It is what drove us to shape this single subspecies into countless distinct caricatures of its noble ancestors. All still members of the very same species! The amount of dog customization that has occurred is ridiculous. Need a better way to hunt badgers? Make a Long Dog. Yeah sure! Why not!
Obviously, most dachshund owners today aren't interested in hunting badgers. They are interested in having a Pet. And a Pet Dog is such a truly incredible thing! There are not many animals that should be kept in a house around humans, but then there is Dog, literally born to be among humans. Born to be loved, and born to love! If you don't think that's one of the most wonderful things ever then get outta here!
This is an animal that runs around and spins in circles because it sees an ape that it loves so much. An animal that ends up learning snippets of human language, because those are the snippets that make it happy. An animal that gleefully exposes its vulnerable underside, because it trusts a member of a different species to rub it in just the right way that feels so nice.
Even with the general consensus on dogs being pretty dang favorable, I feel that it's easy to take a lot of their behavior and history for granted, to see them as the "default animal", when they SO aren't. The default animal would be a parasitoid wasp, silly!
If I was not able to convince you that dogs are weird, then just look up canine transmissible venereal tumor, obviously using your own discretion, because there will be graphic photos. If you ask me, this one medical anomaly easily makes dogs a contender for one of the weirdest animals EVER! Bet you didn't know dogs could be contagious!
I like funny dog Bulbie
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Can I ask about the galactic common script that you write in? If that's even the correct term for it, that is.
Of course! Thank you so much for taking interest! I'm truly fascinated by how far these logs reach— Where are you from? I've never come across one who can't recognise the writing, until beginning work on this blog (and I do apologise for my spotty appearances! We are making so many new discoveries; they threaten to devour my attention. . .)
The common script shared between our clusters is called such for a reason! How can we name an animal without using a language that we all know, or an alphabet that we can all read? Even beyond the sciences, our daily lives are woven between dozens of planets with their own unique cultures, so the common script is used in grocery stores, on the names of our ships, and even on our birth certificates.
In blue, our standard font. I've written in print on the right, and cursive (in red), below. We traditionally combine some letters due to certain planets lacking phonetic similarity, so you'll see some interchangeable lettering.
. . . Maybe the problem is that my handwriting is bad? I should start using print, again. How dreadful; I thought it looked more professional, that way.
- Captain Olimar
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Imagine canonically using it/its pronouns and basically 89% of the fandom says "no💜". I mean I guess I didn’t mind he/him per sey, but still! I am an it! I am not a who I am a what! Augh
it’s okay. exploding them with lasers for you
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Just in time for Season 5, David's made his way to Garry's Mod! You can fling him around, throw a toilet at his face, blow him up, run him down with Thomas the Tank Engine, whatever! He'll bounce back (I mean, I would hope he does if he can take a bus to the face.)
The model was made by Puppiii, and ported with permission to Gmod by Akuago220 (commissioned by me), and props to both of them because they each did a great job bringing this to life.
Also sprang for an SFM port for those of you that are into that sort of thing:
So yeah, download the addon and go nuts!
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