#setting information

[fangedprinx]

Monday Metamorpheus infodump continues

Orpheus was founded in the late 19th century, around 1890, and this is also where the timeline and art and culture of the Metamorpheus universe starts to strongly diverge from our own universe (plus a lot of it is more sexually open and progressive due to metahuman influence) to the extent that none of the literature, music, films, etc are the same as ours.

(although there is a film studio called Morpheus Films that produces movies that are like feverdream filtered knock-offs of movies from our world. Morpheus Films is staffed mostly by eldritch metahumans who can remember details of movies/media from alternate universes and sometimes even agree on enough to cobble together a script and production of a film)

The reason why it starts diverging at that point is that although a small number of metahumans and metahuman artefacts existed throughout human history, it was limited for a long time by the factions not having enough power or attention to spare to influence goings-on on earth. Up until this point, all four of them (eldritch, fae, angelic and demonic) were engaged in a cosmic struggle against a fifth otherworldly faction or being that wanted to devour/destroy the earth and its inhabitants entirely and leave nothing behind.

The entities which make up the factions, being rather fond of humans even if they do ultimately wish to transform all of them into beings like themselves, were allied in fighting off this mystery threat. Once they won that battle, though, it was back to being rivals in trying to seduce and transform humanity. The original entities rarely interact with earth directly, preferring to create objects imbued with their power (artefacts) and influence individuals from afar (metahumans) to advance their goal.

All the factions feed off of/get energy from transforming humans and from their desires and from the desires that metahumans continue to have, without using that up. If they ever manage to transform all of the adult population of earth, they'll still get energy from the metahumans of their factions.

Nobody is particularly aware of it at this point in the story, but Metahumans can continue to transform somewhat according to their desires - if their desires change, so can their forms. Metahumans of different factions who are strongly involved with each other can gain traits from the other faction and even become hybrids over time. This is in contrast to the original entities, which have more fixed natures and forms.

#metamorpheus #setting information #transformation #tf kink #Casually dropping bonkers metamorpheus setting lore which will never be mentioned in canon

[teaboot]

When I was a kid, I regularly lost reading privileges for "having an attitude" and "acting out".

It wasn't as simple as being told not to read during other activities- one of the first times it happened, I remember being six years old, watching my stepfather pull fistfuls of books off my bookshelf and throw them to the floor in a heaping mess while I cried and asked him to stop.

It was weird. Every other adult I knew described me as exceptionally well-behaved, but at home, it was the opposite, and it was blamed on "learning bad habits from that shit you're reading".

Because I couldn't read at home, I spent all my free time at school in the library, reading with my friends.

When I grew up and moved away, I realized that my family life was toxic and abusive, and the "attitudes" I was being punished for were standing up for myself, standing up for my younger siblings, and resisting actual, real-life psychological abuse. Because I'd learned from what I'd read that my family wasn't normal, not like my parents said it was, and in my stories, the heroes were the people who spoke out when it was hard to.

It is insane to me that there are students right now who can't access books. It is insane that books are being outlawed. It is perverse that we are stealing away an entire generation's ability to contextualize their lives, to learn about the world around them, to develop critical thinking skills and express themselves and feel connected to the world or escape from it, whatever and whenever and however they need.

That is not how you raise a compassionate, thoughtful, powerful society.

That's how you process cattle.

It's fucking disgusting.

#I know this is old news but Jesus #Every day I hear more about school book bans and I feels less real #Restriction of information is restriction of freedom #People need stories #Even bad stories #Even tragic or problematic ones #We need to set purity culture on fire I'm not kidding #Abuse mention #Abuse tw

[team7-headquarter]

HE WAS SO MAD

#classic Kakashi DID disobey orders for his kids #It's insane when people say he'd never act rebellious against konoha when the evidence is there in the classic #or course things changed in shippuden #but in the classic? he went to the land of the waves mission without reporting the the classification was wrong #because he wanted to help tazuna properly #he allowed sasuke to fight in the preliminaries with the cursed mark and secretly sealed it went it was over #he hide the fact that a three men cell was needed for the chuning exams to give sakura the space to decide for herself what she wanted #he was all the time hiding information and acting on his own #even when he says later that he couldn't do much for them it's not because he didn't try #the village fucked him over they set him up for failure and in some sense he knew it #he accepted to be their sensei because he cared for them and he was on their side #I'm fully convinced that if shippuden had followed the classic as it was supposed to do kakashi would have rebelled in more than one way #but it didn't happen :( so #Kakashi Hatake #naruto #Tsunade Senju #Naruto Classic

[markantonys]

THE WHEEL OF TIME Season 2 Behind the Scenes: "The Tower of Falme"

#wotedit #wot #wot on prime #the wheel of time #wot cast #madeleine madden #donal finn #josha stradowski #marcus rutherford #zoe robins #ceara coveney #mine #I'M CRYING I LOVE THEM #(also excellent matrandlayne height difference information ty ty) #also shoutout to casualavocados for these sharpening settings oh my GOD i can't BELIEVE how much better they look than my old ones!!!! #all this time i was like 'why are my gifs never crisp? do i need to start downloading 4k versions of the episodes?' #nope it was literally just the sharpening settings! i'd been using my old ones since like 2017 probably lmao they needed an upgrade!

[annabelle--cane]

always amused me that peter lukas said martin carrying a knife would be very out of character for what he's heard about him in mag 108 when martin did canonically keep a knife on him for a while in s1. martin's so good at playing the 🥺 card that true facts about him simply slide off of people's brains.

#that kind of sets up the end to s3 in a way #since elias was the only one telling peter things about martin #elias is so convinced he has the full picture of martin's personality that he ignores a lot of blatant information that doesn't fit #tma #marina marvels at life

[moonlit-positivity]

You don't need a reason to distance yourself from people. If they give you bad vibes then you deserve to honor that gut feeling and protect yourself. Even if they're not doing anything wrong or bad or even if they haven't done anything to you. You can just straight up not like someone, no context necessary. That's valid af and there's not enough emphasis on intuition and gut feelings. Yes, absolutely. Listen to your instincts.

#recovery #ptsd #trauma #mental health #boundaries #healing #healing thoughts #people pleasing #codependency #social anxiety #setting boundaries #self awareness #self actualization #self care #self worth #self esteem #communication #relationships #toxic relationships #trauma informed

[mobius-m-mobius]

Hey! Change of subject. I thought of an answer. To what? Your question.

Lokius + reflection for anon

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #coming out of making this set in a complete stupor of how absolutely insane their love is 😭💖 #every single day i regret to inform myself 'love is a dagger' will never EVER leave my thoughts so it feels nice to give in and gif it lol #god they're both so sharp in mind AND personality which is why they've never completely fit in with anyone else around them before #and i'll never be over the way you see them struggling to figure out exactly what they're feeling because it's so completely new #but still falling into place beside each other effortlessly because of how lovely it is to finally be cared for 🥺 #tysm again for such an amazing request and for giving me something to focus on that's genuinely been a highlight 💕 #marvel #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs #flashing cw

[wenellyb]

Buck and Tommy just got together and there are already hundreds and hundreds of posts in the 911 tags talking about how Buck and Tommy's "break up" will happen.

And it's fine, people are allowed to share their theories, I share mine as well, but I can't help but wonder what's the angle here?

From what I've seen, most people are sure Buck and Tommy are temporary because they're sure "Buddie is Endgame"? But how would they know?

As far as we know Buck and Eddie are best friends and there hasn't been any indication that the writers are planning for them to have à romantic relation in season 7. Reading interviews with shipping goggles on isn't canon, it's fan theory.

If they had planned it, they would have put some "seeds", some small hints here and there when Buck and Tommy got together, showing that Buck and Eddie's relationship is not meant to be seen platonic, like Buck being unsure about Tommy or Eddie being supportive but a little jealous.

But they haven't, all we've seen right now is Buck being head over heels for Tommy, telling his sister what he likes about him and telling Eddie how he can't stop thinking about Tommy. Buck has such a massive crush on Tommy he invited him to his sister's wedding.

Buck's coming out scene to Eddie was so beautiful and emotional, but there was no hint of Eddie being jealous or him having romantic feelings for Buck. We even got the sweetest and most platonic hug ever.

Where exactly are we supposed to get the message that Buck is harboring a secret crush for his best friend? Or are we supposed to imagine that he'll magically develop romantic feelings in the middle of the season?

I don't understand where the "Tommy is a placeholder for Eddie" theories are coming from???

Buck hurt Eddie to get Tommy's attention, his words not mine. How are the writers going to go from that and make us believe that he was in reality in love with Eddie? How would that go?

I have nothing against Buddie, I even like the idea of them, but at the end of the day, I believe what I see on screen. Fan theories are just theories.

I'm sorry but to me, Buck is all about Tommy.

As someone who has seen my fair share of TV shows, I'm wondering why anyone would think that that's the direction the screenwriters are going.

#it is possible that the writers are trying to set up a Buddie storyline but they wouldn't have done it like this #bucktommy #evan buckley #tommy kinard #eddie diaz #911 spoilers #also actors don't write the shows so people thinking anything said in these interviews will give us information about future plotq. #...I don't know what to tell you #I'm open to discussion as always... I love analyzing shows and characters and hearing other people's opinion

[robobee]

if trc was a visual medium and I was a tiktoker i would go insane talking about quiet luxury and how Declan and Adam both fall into this position of people with OBJECTIVELY less money compared to their peers and how both of them are trying to replicate luxury (ie: clothing=persona/identity) to varying levels of success. adam wears old gifts from the ganseys and declan is very clearly called out by other characters to be overcompensating. neither are fully seamless and even though thats not an overt plot point it is DEFINITELY very significant since plenty of their story beats echo each other down to their relationship with ronan, who is a different fashion debate (eg. how punk can you get off of a bank account you dont need to look at and a shaved head which needs to be constantly maintained and a BMW you stole w no repurcussion). again I DO think stief implies fascinating plot points that she doesn't focus on but her display of class and economic variation is very very cool & obviously people w more context of specific USAmerican culture can have this debate better than I can

editing to link the video that finally helped me put this thought into words

#since we don't have a visual representation yet & i refuse to acknowledge stief's art I'm just gonna mention some hcs #i think all of us are pretty set on what gansey looks/wears #my interest comes from declan. i dont believe his suits are made to fit. theyre tailored MAYBE but not made for him #and visually putting him in these political spaces where the suit has such value is. Gahhh #[gestures vaguely at succession] look how they did it!! #this gorg author i saw said that the working class cant attain quiet luxury bc we dont have the Breeding for it #and declan exists as a first generation very new money individual as compared to gansey or even henry #(on that note gansey and henry have different kinds of wealth but frankly i believe there IS a millions/billions differential there) #but again. not enough information to yap #but. Very cool #trc

[fangedprinx]

I feel like I should apologise that my Metamorpheus setting information posts are not sexy, most are just me thinking through how Orpheus actually even works as an organisation

Anyway here's some information about the colour associations for the different factions (plus Orpheus)

Eldritch has green (and to some extent black because, latex and eldritch goop) Fae has purple Angelic has gold (and white) Demonic has red (and sometimes black)

Orpheus has blue plus silver accents

The metahuman faction colours aren't a hard rule, since metahumans do whatever they want, but angelic metahumans tend to stick more strongly to the white and gold aesthetic, and demonic metahumans are more likely to enjoy an edgy look. Hybrid metahumans mix the associated colours or throw the palette out the window altogether.

Orpheus has blue plus silver details in the uniform for agents, and it's encouraged to wear blue and silver but not actually a rule for researchers and admin staff.

Almost all members of Orpheus wear a lyre shaped lapel pin of some sort. The lyre pin would be silver, and so are tie pins, but ties and uniform elements would be blue generally. Orpheus field agents look fairly non-descript in a uniform of white shirt, blue tie, and black or very dark blue trousers/skirt and jacket.

#Metamorpheus #setting information

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

PRINTING WITH WOOD TYPE!

Every semester, when we finally get to the invention of letterpress printing in Europe in my History of Books & Printing course, we all head over to a local print shop to set type and print a collaborative broadside. Last week we did just that and went over to Adam Beadel's Team Nerd Letterpress in the Walker's Point neighborhood of Milwaukee.

Usually, we compose in metal type, as that is what the students just learned about, but Adam recently received a huge influx of foundry type that wasn't set up yet, so we had to use wood type instead. Even though we wouldn't learn about the invention of production wood type for a few weeks, we were game because wood type is the best!

Each student was assigned to come up with a 3-5-word phrase based on the theme of "Transitions." They set their own phrase in wood type, I arranged the phrases into an exquisite corpse poem, we locked up the type on the bed of a poster press, and pulled a proof in blue ink (second to last image). Everyone was satisfied with the results, and with only a couple of adjustments, the students went on a tear, inking up the type in a rainbow of colors (last image), and pulling 15 more prints. Everyone went home exhausted and happy.

There are few things more thrilling than making your own letterpress prints. Thanks Adam!!!

View another letterpress post from a previous book history session.

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View our other Typography Tuesday posts.

-- MAX, Head, Special Collections

#Typography Tuesday #typetuesday #instructions sessions #students #graduate students #Information Studies #INFOST 603 #History of Books & Printing #letterpress #letterpress printing #wood type #Adam Beadel #Team Nerd Letterpress #type setting #broadsides #student work #exquisite corpse

[chalkrub]

little thing of mendel :^)

#my art #furry #anthro #illustration #oc #mendel #dragon #hello everyone......sorry for the radio silence I was busy #now I'm back and shaking off the cobwebs by drawing my characters and experimenting with brushes and layer settings #HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD DAY #also guys splatoon in two days! I'm so happy about this information. wow. can you believe it? splatoon 3! in two days! wow

[vamprisms]

dream making it thunderstorm for weeks in the dreaming every time he gets dumped. canonically wet and pathetic.

#residents of the dreaming every time morpheus finds a new paramour: 😨😨😨 #the sandman #lucienne my crush doesnt want me please inform our neighbors that im setting the realm on fire.

[smittenskitten]

LUO YUN XI as TANTAI JIN Height: 5'9"

#till the end of the moon #luo yunxi #cdramaedit #长月烬明 #asiandramaedit #chineseartistsinc #cdrama #tteotmedit #prangon gifs #tteotm #tall set #did i search his height while i was making this? #yes. this is a very important piece of information and we should know it

[archiveofrasa]

that one line about ramy's bangla being rudimentary made me absolutely sob (i'm bengali) and i wanna talk about why

there's so much to it both contextually with ramy's character as well as historically. contextually because ramy is fluent in 6 languages, an insane number of languages for one person but none of which are his mother tongue. he's described as a performer, one who knows he can't blend in so instead he stands out as a means to escape as much of the racism as he can. he gets lost in it that he almost forgets who he is; this is reflected in his language ability too – he gets so lost in his linguistic academics he just barely remembers the native language of his home place that he adores.

and honestly, you can't even really blame ramy for it at all when it was induced. it's the british who saw urdu, arabic and persian as more valuable than bangla, it's the british that make ramy put on this act so he can literally stay alive. and when you know the historical relevancies between urdu and bangla, it hurts so much that ramy was forced to forget bangla

very brief history context: after the partition, where british india was split into india, pakistan and east pakistan (now bangladesh) bangla was seen as inferior to urdu due to its hindu connections. bengalis experienced so much shit because of this (and bengali muslims are still dealing with the internalised cultural racism today honestly). pakistanis tried to make the official language urdu, even though literally everyone in east pakistan were bengali and spoke bangla, so bengalis fought back against it. we still celebrate that day today (feb 21)

so to have ramy be in this position in the 1830s where urdu was seen as superior to bangla, especially when ramy is a bengali muslim, is just extremely accurate?? and maybe it's bc we don't have much western literature where we talk about this but it's just so nice to have it acknowledged

the bangla language movement didn't happen until around the 1950s, over a century after babel's timeline, but the seeds are always there. while i do think it comes with both this islamic superiority tendency a lot of asians have (arabs i'm looking at you) and britian's imperialistic racism, i just love how it all makes sense

#babel rf kuang #ramiz rafi mirza #i'm still learning a lot abt my own culture so don't ask me for a lot of information about this lol #yk when i found out ramy was bengali it set my world off its course and i knew i had to read this book even if no bangla was discussed #i knew i was gonna get attached to him and I DID! #he just means so much to me and while he made me sob multiple times i love what kuang did with his character #also if youre pakistani lol don't try to defend yourself #you don't get to after pakistanis massacred so many bengalis during the bangladesh liberation war #babel an arcane history #babel or the necessity of violence #also i love seeing south asian characters become fandom favourites i know most babel lovers love ramy IKTRRR

[streatfeild]

sooooo in love with that new brush set i bought so here, have a really quick sketch of my boy my love my princess whom i haven’t drawn in almost 20 years lol

#i'm sorry to inform y'all i'm officially back on my naruto bullshit. SORRY! #anyway! this brush set fucks severely and i can't believe life forces me to go to work instead of painting with it 24/7 #naruto #yakushi kabuto #kabuto yakushi #mine #my art #40 fucking minutes i'm… WHAT