#not anime related for once

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

wondering about Frank and insects but specifically about how it looks like the WH insects are highly stylized, so does Frank even know anything about real butteflies/insects?

& if he saw a real one, would he recognize it? are all of the species names he applies to the WH bugs real, or are they all made up like "Vibrant Eyespot" or "Fluttering Heartwing"?

and then there's the question - does the neighborhood have some of the more 'undesirable' bugs like moths, worms, roaches, spiders? does it have bugs outside of the generic groups of beetles and butterflies? like are there mantids? leafbugs? dragonflies? weevils? or are those too specific/complex/not-cute for the Playfellow Workshop to have included?

and then there's the question of what are the bugs? props? puppets? are they alive or do the neighbors just perceive them as such? Do they even exist outside of art, storybooks, and animated segments? I highly doubt they're alive like the neighbors are, since in the gif of Frank's head spinning, the framed butterflies' wings are moving. which is kind of horrifying if you think about it for more than a second.

just... the critters Frank loves so so so much being a complete fabrication... every piece of knowledge he prides himself on / delights in knowing being utterly Untrue... oof

#by not-cute i mean that most bugs dont sell well as marketable plushies #cute butterflies? round adorable beetles? those fit right in with a vibrant puppet-y world #so it'd make sense if those are the only two bug groups that exist #along with like. caterpillars of course. i can also see bees being a probable candidate for Existing In The World #AGHHHHH THIS HAS BEEN EATING AT ME FOR DAYS NOW #been questioning how the neighbors' consciousness and awareness manifests as well #might make a different post on that since this one has a Topic and id like to Stay On It for once #well. its related. but that deserves its own Pondering #welcome home speculation #i dont know what else to tag this as! #absolutely unprompted #ALSO ALSO are there any animals outside of insects? #does the neighborhood have birdsong but no birds? if one listens real hard to it will they notice it looping? #do they have squirrels? critters in general? is that why wally doesnt know what a rat is? he'd have no reason to. #in his world they simply don't exist. #anyway but i wonder how frank would react to seeing a real butterfly (& insects in general) #the WH ones are gigantic in comparison and overly-colorful and friendly & cutesy #wouldnt it be painful if he was scared of them. if they look too alien. would it be the spongebob butterfly episode all over again #many many thoughts tonight.... #but also.... #what if he tried to frame a real one. expecting it to be Fine and Alive when he pins it bc they always have been #theyve always been perfectly happy fluttering in their frames #but a real one would fucking die. so. yikes #traumatic core memory unlocked! frank frankly has discovered Death

[scribbiesan]

AAAAAND IT’S DONE

Kinda missed a few spots, but I’m just gonna leave it like that. I’m happy with what I have now.

Herobrine is definitely the kinda guy who hates the sun bc it’s too bright for his *special eyes* and bc he’s up all night causing mischief, mostly at the expense of Steve’s sanity and builds.

Steve is not amused.

Also I really like how the top left image came out! I found some decent brushes on CSP Assets, and kinda went ham, but it looks so pretty!!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I was going for something like an ethereal/angelic vibe, while also making it seem a bit…. Off? I’m just testing out little ideas for how Steve and Herobrine meet, like Steve is looking for a lost sheep and finds it playing with Hero deep in the woods, or they run into each other in the mines with Hero being a creep and following Steve around in the darkness, breaking his torches bc they’re too bright (hence why he uses red stone torches in the lore), or Steve is in a village trading and shit and Hero just rams right into him bc he’s running from some villager guards/iron golems, or something else.

I’m just vibing with these two dorks, idfk what I’m doing.

Also, Herobrine is immortal, and cannot die by any means, but he can be hurt. As for any injuries he sustains keeping him down? Highly doubtful.

Anywho, I hope y’all enjoy! I had fun making this one, and I’ll be brainstorming more ideas for how they both orbit each other, and if they become friends slowly, or save each other or some shit. Might add Alex and/or other ‘players’ to the mix, see how that goes.

Toodles!~

#trash bin art #trash bin post #quackalacka ding dong #digital art #fan art #not a late night post for once #minecraft fanart #minecraft steve #minecraft herobrine #herobrine #herobrine is a creepy little shit and i love him #he also loves animals and will dote on them like he was their mother #steve can relate #theyre idiots your honor #theyre gay your honor #herobrine x steve #steve x herobrine #SFW #tw blood #tw impalement #oh look I’ve been impaled #herobrine is a chaos gremlin

[uncanny-tranny]

I talked about this elsewhere, but I really, really want to talk about it here...

So I joked about how a hobby of mine was to go to the DSM-V or a psych website in order to look up disorders and see how much I relate to them. It's really interesting to look up disorders I know I don't have and actively seek out parts of that disorder where I can go, "you know what, I get why you'd feel that way."

Anyway, it got me thinking about how mentally ill people are dehumanized... I think the biggest thing that separates sane people from us mentally ill people is that we are denied personhood, and we're are denied people being able to relate to us. It seems like sane people are dedicated to the idea that they could never be like us to the point that they miss out on being able to relate to us and ultimately see us as people.

What people truly don't get about psych issues is that many disorders are exaggerations of the emotions and thought patterns most all of us deal with. By nature, we are completely human and completely relatable (or, at least, have the potential to be relatable). You are not "too good" to relate to us or see our deep and ultimately human realities.

#mental health #mental health advocacy #ableism #ableism tw #used the word 'sane' just for brevity - in essence i mean anybody who does not have psych issues/disorders #basically i like to be able to seek out things i know i ultimately won't relate to and *still* finding relatable things #it's helped me be a better person with regards to things i know i don't atruggle with i think #and i honestly encourage everybody to try it at least *once* #this isn't about making somebody with a disorder into a show or a circus animal... #...this is about learning that you can see yourself in people totally unlike you... #...this is about learning about the vast array of humanity and just how integral that part of humanity is #that without them the world just wouldn't be the same y'know

[sepulchritude]

I have decided to live my truth by becoming him

#cannot express how bizarre it is to do my little animal crossing tasks while being dr eggman #as if picking up fruit and catching butterflies is somehow related to my dastardly plan to defeat that blasted hedgehog once and for all #acnh #trinket #sepulchritudinous #acnh cosplays

[art-of-wackylurker]

Well hello there, who's up for some fucked up horse?

Hogsteed, ladies and gentlemen. Or Hellspawns, as some might call them...

So yea it's one of the species I'm making up for fanfic purposes as none of the existing creatures in the SW universe (both canon and legends) fit my needs. Also because I'm making up a whole planet as none of the existing ones was just about right for me...

Here's the design, more detailed info will appear later. Somewhere. When I finally get myself to continue writing that fanfic. Yea...

#artists on tumblr #traditional art #speculative zoology #project: the lost platoon #Also contrary to many other sci-fi creatures these will have plenty of variations to better reflect their domesticated status #because YES these beasts are domesticated! And used as draft animals! And for riding! And mounted combat! And zootherapy! #They can be very sweet when raised properly #Like generally speaking temperament and behavior-wise hogsteeds are a mix of draft horses pigs rhinos and livestock guardian dogs #yea so this is the creature clones will be using for transport once they crash on the planet #but first I have to figure out how to do logistics of tacking up these things #Mainly how to make saddles that accomodate for the back slope and how to manage bits in relation to their tusks. Or if do bits at all #None of these things will actually matter in that fic but hey! I come up with cool stuff! #and YES. THOSE are the creatures Yurand and Vorskel become horse girl (gn) for

[acrazybirb]

Cooking 🦜 (Update)

(Reblogs appreciated ^^)

#For the funzies #teaching myself how to animate is hard jeez 🦜 #(i have no idea what im doing) #birb animates #sillies #oc #my art #animation #Also im starting to think about making this ava/m related since how could i not 🦜 #Who should this be 🤔 #tagging just in case #animator vs animation #alan becker #ava #animation vs minecraft #avm #animation vs animator #animation brainrot has taken over once again

[you-ren-emy]

Komi Shouko, drawn as a request I did from someone earlier this year!

still trying to get better at colouring sjdnjs

#komi shouko #komi san wa komyushou desu #shoukokomi #komi can't communicate #anime art #fanart #posting something not related to Deidara for once #expect this from me kinda

[antirepurp]

the sonic movies are fun but if they turn this into a fucked up cinematic universe im going to sink my claws into something. do not force me to Consume a million miniseries and spin-offs just so i can understand the plot of a single movie. do not ruin this for me

#soda offers you a can #look. early 2000s sonic games all tie into a larger narrative. but with the exception of shth you don't Need to play all of them #you can pick up sa2 and enjoy it on its own without sa1. you can pick up heroes and enjoy it one its own. same for 06 #shth rides on you knowing what happened in sa2 and a bit about heroes but it's a very exceptional game in many ways anyway #so it gets a pass. it's spiders george and we can have one of those #point being that i don't want these movies to become an impenetrable wall of lore #where you have to watch everything tangentially related to them to get the full experience #miniseries and shit are fine but i don't want to be required to Consume Consume Consume if i want to enjoy One Movie once every 3-5 years #without feeling like im missing key details and elements and shit #sorry i just thought about marvel for a bit and turned into a feral animal im good now

[system-threat-detected]

Horizontober day 28: Shock

Revisiting my old Bonecutter concept I made for my dnd campaign. Technically you CAN ride it without detaching the blades, but… it’d hurt.

A few updates from the old design... No chillwater being the biggest one. I thought focusing on two elements would be enough.

#horizontober2022 #hzd #horizon zero dawn #hfw #horizon forbidden west #aloy #concept art #machine #bonecutter #mine #my art #the animation for aloy getting onto it would also be pretty funny #it's a TALL LAD #i am once again only tangentially relating the premise of the day to the post lol

[matchandelure]

i fear that the undercover top secret government assassins are growing on me (cp9)

#I HAD ZERO THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM AT FIRST #IN FACT I WAS DEVASTATED THAT THE WATER 7 QUARTET WERE ACTUALLY CP9 #BUT THEN??????? I READ CP9'S INDEPENDENT REPORT AND. I!?!??!?@?!? #the thoughts are endless ive been having one piece dreams every night for the past few days and they have all been cp9 related the brainrot #is so bad. i am sodgjkadhg #i love one piece there are so many characters with each new arc i get to i get some new characters to obsess over i love it i feel so alive #ive been fighting tooth and nail avoiding spoilers for the latest episode BUT GOD IM SO SO TEMPTED TO. TAKE A PEEK #anyways last night i was once again doing a wiki deep dive and i found some silly things on cp9's pages #JABRA AND LUCCI ARE THE SAME HEIGHT!!!!! THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY #CAN YOU IMAGINE?!?!?! the kid you've had beef with since he was 13 (maybe even earlier since lucci alreayd knew him when he was 6) who you #used to have a whole head over is now at eye level with you i would actually be so embarrased #KAKU IS FROM EAST BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS OS IMPORTANT ACTUALLY!! THE MOST IMPORATNT FACT EVER!!!!!!!!!!! #so he knows the strawhats are...also from the east blue right?!? right??????! and ik the wg steals these kids early on to train them so i #doubt he has lingering attachments to his home sea but i still think this so both so so sad and so important :'(( #also not getting over how oda's depiction of tiny kaku has him holding a toy boat BC ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!?! ARE YOU K IDDING ME #kalifa and jabra's favourite dishes are both lamb based!!!!!!!!! silly because her animal motif is a sheep haha #BUT ALSO considering how her father was also cp9 and she's probably been conditioned since birth to also follow his footsteps and how jabra #holds seniority in the current lineup id like to think that these two have known each other a very long time and there were influences #the most dysfunctional fcked up family ever. cp9 #blueno and jabra are both from the north blue!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that one falshbakc we see that the two of them plus 6year old lucci trained #together but also it would be so fcked up if the two actually knew of each other before being roped into the governemnt #idk how the wg works do they just??? routinely scout around and pick up a bunch of kids ata time???? were jabra and blueno taken together?? #also wondering if ... kalifa jabra and kumadori knew each other the longest as fellow agents or soemthing #i feel like im entertaining a gazillion thoughts all at once its so hard ot balance but we know both kalifa nad kumadori have #parents in the governemnt/assassin profession that also influenced them right #idk maybe one thing they can bond over #cp9 to me is just a fucked up family of some sort. they are not found family they are like some weird forged family where they were all #forced together and somehow made it work and they all love lucci and care for his wellbeing enough to raise all that money to get him to a #doctor and they cared about each other enough to get off enies lobby together without leaving anyone behind and they went cafe hopping and #shopping and bowling together and they all care for each other in their own way

[yourfavepookiebear]

I just had to make this, it's something I have to admit, sometimes it's extremely true

#yourfavepookiebear #pookiebear rants #fandoms #out of all fandoms this is the scariest one #i can confirm because i was once apart of it #memes #true #lol #relatable memes #anime #anime and manga #anime fandoms #anime fandom #mha memes

[sableeira]

I have no idea if there is even enough time in the next few episodes to get as far as bsd 110 but what if the last few scenes adapt the unreleased bsd 110.5/111 chapter? What are we going to do then?

#I know bones is infamous for changing up the story once they run out of source material #but I feel like with how involved asagiri is with the anime that won’t be the case #I just wanted to think about this out loud because having this thought contained in my brain makes me spiral #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd 110 #bsd spoilers #bsd s5 #I don’t really feel like they will manage to wrap up the season with the addition of a half chapter #but I’m just not seeing any of the chapters as a satisfying conclusion to s5 #maybe I just have to prepare that this season won’t have a satisfying conclusion… #best possible timeline: s5 ends on a stormbringer movie teaser #and I don’t just say that as a person who is very stormbringer biased #I will also take any other tease of bsd related adaptions post s5 #because otherwise the lack of source material will create a devastating vacuum

[xxlovelynovaxx]

Ah. "Animals rights" bullshit okay. Being animals that are not obligate herbivores and eating the flesh of other animals because of it is "oppressing" non-human animals. And they called out my comparing it to anti-choicers because "murder is different than death" okay well anti-choicers think abortion is murder. I don't happen to consider a human killing an animal for food murder any more than I consider an animal killing another animal for food murder, especially when as you pointed out yourself some people can't survive without meat.

Or is it a contract killing/hit on every animal You've ever eaten to survive? Are you just not a murderer because you paid not to get your hands dirty?

Like yeah it's fucking NATURAL. Humans aren't some wondrous ascended beings that don't crawl through the dirt. We fuck and fight and survive and yes, part of that survival for many is KILLING.

And it's good that you don't think people should be forced onto veganism because that would be as bad as the people who want to force all animals to eat synthetic meat and hunt via robots or whatever but my gods can you imagine telling someone who has been a vegetarian by choice for years for animal WELFARE purposes (not rights) who is vegan for disability reasons that they are "justifying the oppression of animals" and "killing animals for food is murder" when you literally can't go vegan for health reasons yourself? Okay murderer. Guess your life matters more than those oppressed animals.

Like sorry I'm going full "you're an asshole and I despise you and I'm genuinely sorry for myself that I thought we could be friends".

Like yeah the anti-choicer metaphor wasn't perfect. But it also got you to cut right to the heart of the matter. You are so divorced from humans as part of the ecosystem and food chain you genuinely believe we have some moral duty to not kill animals (but only animals, not plants or fungi, which are also living and have some measure of sentience) and to hold ourselves separate from the biosphere to the greatest extent possible.

That's just ecofascism 101. Are we gonna do the "any form of hunting or land management, even responsibly by indigenous stewards using traditional practices is bad" next? Or are we gonna avoid that one because you hopefully know better than THAT and simply think that removing humans from ONLY one part of the consumptive chain is ✨different✨?

For reference:

Also where does "choosing to die" come in to this? I wasn't talking about euthanasia, I was talking about withdrawing the life support provided by a human body if the owner of that body stops consenting to providing it, therefore depriving a fetus dependent on that life support for survival of said survival. I'm pretty sure the fetus doesn't have a choice in the matter. (Whether or not it's "alive" doesn't have much to do with anything since it's been made pretty clear that medical autonomy in terms of mandated use of your body's parts or resources is unethical at ANY point. Even if you ARE killing it, we've determined that's the most ethical option.)

Also if we're going to make bullshit oppression claims why don't we talk about transspecies people who are obligate carnivores?

#literally I'm not a fucking legalist but no I don't believe murder in the sense of nonconsensual killing is always wrong #like self defense. hello. #like maybe my moral system is just built different but to call it oppression and make me out to be some kind of bigot? #come on. that's bullshit and you know it. #we're literally not talking about rights being taken away. also this is why animal welfare is such a better concept than animal rights #stop anthropomorphizing animals!! stop treating them like furry humans that can't speak!! #literally somehow both a veganism centrist and an 'animal rights' person at once #go yell at people for literally having a moral-spiritual belief system that encompasses eating animals as neutral somewhere else #oh and btw don't EVER fucking moralize any kind of food related consumption around me again that goes for everyone #meat is neutral. sugar is neutral. artificial sweeteners are neutral. preservatives are neutral. plants are neutral. fish are neutral. etc #some of these may be unhealthy for a given individual and their production under capitalism may be fucking harmful #but conceptually they are neutral and there are ways of making them physically so by changing the harmful systems #you can keep feeling bad about your oppression of poor animals or w/e. or maybe you don't feel bad idk #I happen to find that far more harmful than humans who want or need to eat meat - doing so - will ever be #thanks for the mask off moment where you decided it was actually okay to moralize food and survival #I'm so happy to say goodbye forever #(note: if you know who this is don't fucking harass them. I have them blocked and am being a bit nasty *bc* they can't see it) #(I don't want them to suffer. I just think they're a monumental asshole. gods know I'm one too.) #(let people be assholes 2k23 lol)

[piratehug]

Thought I would draw my druid halfling tav! Called Cafray but nicknamed “Moggy” in their childhood cult. Still in the works as I don’t actually have a laptop that can run bg3 until next month :’(

This drawing is teeny tiny so don’t look too close. Eeeeee I have so much lore to share, they have an outlander background btw :3

#they grew up in a cult that worshipped an archfey #their calendar is in 10 year cycles #every decade the archfey assigns it a sort of ‘zodiac’ animal #the first born child of each decade is groomed to become his newest bride and he gifts them zodiac-related powers once they live in the #feywild w him #guess what this guy ran away from lol #the archfey is prone to fits and likes to kill brides (of any gender) that won’t play along w his changing moods #Cafray would’ve been a feline bride #in particular a mountain lion #bg3 oc #baldurs gate tav #my art

[possiblytracker]

feeling normal (birthday in like 3 days that im not ready for) feeling normal (too artblocked and preoccupied to even think about finishing artfight and wrestling with guilt about it) feeling normal (-£600 in bank account) feeling normal (realised breaking my foot last year led to Lasting Consequences but cant see a physio abt my fucked up legs til january) feeling normal (has to learn to drive stick and the instructor is scary) feeling normal (stlil has no idea how to un-fuck social life after the great mental breakdown of april 2023) feeling normal (gross sobbing)

#'hows it going' yeah everything is happening so much its fine tho <2 #like im FINE im just. all over the goddamn place i need things to just settle down #i applied for a job thats like. actually the closest thing i can think of to my dream job. like. rare opportunity where i can suck up to th #employer as much as i want about the place having a huge impact on my life and mean every single word of it for real #(its at the bird park where i used to volunteer but this time doing flight displays animal training and education) #im slightly underqualified for it (no prior hands-on experience and no drivers license yet) so i might not even get the interview #so not getting my hopes up high yet #i can always volunteer there again on weekends while i work whatever retail gig will take me if i dont #but fuuuck it'd be nice. so so cool #'required qualifications: undergrad degree in fields related to animal behaviour' me rolling up with my shiny new Animal Behaviour BSc: #anyway. AUghrh #give things a few more weeks to shake out. ill be okay #having complicated feelings about one chapter of my life being over.. its a fucked up transitory period thats prolly gonna feel worse- #before it feels better #but ill settle into it soon especially once i get a job/my sister goes to college in september #....and i get the goddamn boxes out of my room so it feels more like a place i actually live again jgHJSDN #vent/ #its not Really but close enough

[fukia]

Fuck you *ulzzangs your shroom*

#inside job #magic myc #magic myc humanized #I seriously shipped him and Reagan for a few minutes once #I might fall back on it 😳😳 #inside job is enjoyable for the characters camaraderie and the wild yet not insane jokes #also the animation is so cute to me #it inspired my line of Hazard personification ocs #they have no relation to inside job #Reagan ridley is hot #also the insane slap of a theme song I missed this show so much