#the curse has been lifted...

[caramel-caracal]

Love seeing these boys in outfits like these so my hand was simply forced and I had to draw it too-

What do you think they're talking about? I haven't got the slightest clue-

In my heart of hearts I love the flat caps but keep playing myself by drawing so many weirdly shaped hats...

#submas #pokemon #pokemon black and white #pokemon bw #ingo pokemon #ingo #ingo subway boss #emmet pokemon #emmet #emmet subway boss #my art #welcome to the end of the tags #*rises up out of my grave with a baja blast* what's poppin #passed my finals and now I can draw again #the curse has been lifted... #anyways if you're all the way back here hiiiiii

[cairafea]

On the idea of Theseus's Ship: in the end, it's still his, isn't it? It was known as Theseus's, and it will continue to be known as Theseus's.

Even after he has returned to the ground which grew the wood of the hammer used to nail the ship's frame, Even after generations of new wood have rotted and the sails are rags clinging to threads, Even after millennia,

it will still be Theseus's Ship.

Goodnight, Phosphophyllite.

#have a pleasant eternity #it’s over… it’s so over….. #GOODNIGHT HOUSEKI NO KUNI 🫡🫡🫡 #*clenches fist* happy series finale everyone #Curse of Binding on the hnk countdown twitter acc has been lifted... but at what cost....... #houseki no kuni #hnk #hnk fanart #land of the lustrous #lotl #lotl fanart #phosphophillyte #houseki no kuni phos #hnk phos #lotl phos #hnk spoilers #lotl spoilers #art #my art #fanart #there's no signature bc i tried adding one and it ruined the faux manga panel look i was going for #but this isn't a real panel from hnk #held off on posting this one before 108 dropped so people won't mistake it for leaks #if i see it making the rounds on pinterest as a “panel from ch 108” i might actually laugh myself into the ER #thank you ichikawa

[loafbud]

#LETS GO TEAM SWEET!!! #this my 1st time being on the winning team in splat3 LMAO!! #id always be on a team with 0 points- THE ZERO POINTS CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED 😎 #splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatfest #splatoon frye #loafbud #digital art #fanart

[qrcane]

Guys look on the bright side- it’s been three whole days since we’ve last had to deal with cucuruchito

#the curse has been lifted #the evil is defeated #we are free of him if only for a moment #qsmp #qsmp liveblogging #qsmp purgatory #qsmp cucuruchito #< slash neg

[salty-lemonss]

And the universe said you are not alone

Rb's appreciated

#fanart #secret life #life series #trafficblr #traffic series #sl smp #sl #lizzie ldshadowlady #ldshadowlady #ldshadowlady fanart #lizzie fanart #the curse has been lifted #but at what cost #lizzie first out #lemon art #artists on tumblr

[b4kuch1n]

IT ARRIVED IT ARRIVED IT ARRIVED

DESPITE EVERYTHING DESPITE MY CHRONICALLY CURSED INTERNATIONAL MAIL PROBLEM I AM STILL THE ZONE RPG

#bakuspeech #and I guess this counts as #bakuspecial #ouuuuuu #my art! on cards! characters I kinda got to build with my visuals!! #also upon getting this which I had mailed to the senpai's place instead of mine in an effort to break the curse we immediately #ran a game. that was supposed to be short. but ended up extending past midnigt #AND had to stop for the night before act 2 even begins #but. its SO fun. the game pieces do just the right amount of heavy lifting for u that it frees u up to make up Real out there stuff #like. we ran a game on the browser version. and while it was also Really fun it got stressful to make stuff up #now if we're stuck we just pick up cards #and like. idk for kinda the first time really? I get the appeal of roleplaying with someone else #I'm usually such a control freak about the stories I tell lmao #with the visual aids in this set I get to imagine the character dynamics so much more easily #like this time around the senpai picked the scientist archetype #and he made that guy a white guy with some means who has been sending people to death to serve his science #and my character's an asian guy who was with a pest control service (yes I picked the trevor henderson character lmao) #who got drafted into the bureau and works as like cleanup/fodder #so immediately I got to go like oh so I hate your guts. and you condescend at me #which turned out to be a Very fun dynamic to roleplay lmao #throughout act 1 we've made this dynamic steadily Worse. one of them envies the other into oblivion #while the other can now communicate with No one except his mission partner #and we're gonna craft the second act as chase. a predator and a prey. gods. it was SO fun #its so funny both of them were touting to be smart or good at their job. and then they went into the zone and Immediately got fucked up #this game really gives u that satisfaction and fascination with like. when things go wrong in way too thematically fitting and messy ways #lmao my contract's fulfilled I do not have to talk this game up. its just really fun. man I enjoy that so much #sadly my pool of english speakers who can play this game with me is not big #I'll try and find time to run a few small games in the near future... maybe during lunar new year #I was over at the senpai's today to toast out birthdays lol. to get that out of the way we've been planning something like that for weeks #weve been both way too busy. with different sliding scales of uh. how pleasant that busy's been

[monfrere]

throw them to the wolves

#waycest #dddni #mdni #this took so damn long bc i couldn't draw gw. the curse has been lifted. at the sacrifice of the background #they were supposed to be in a public restroom. fill in the rest yourself #wrist carvings

[lavampira]

it's a choice that I make but for us I choose to give it all up

#i realized i don't have any current era gposes of them and needed to remedy that immediately #and the curse (depression) lifted long enough to play around with it #this song has been on repeat today while i spiral about them in this current wip btw #dani plays ffxiv #game: ffxiv #oc: d'alia liveq #ch: sidurgu orl #alia/sid #wolsid #sidwol #ffxiv gpose #gposers

[rickybaby]

daniel relationship with helmut is truly fascinating from the beginning to 2018 to now it's a whirlwind

his relationship with christian is much more straightforward (to us)

it's easy when you love someone - you have them drive the silly little car at your wedding, you drink from their race-worn shoe, you refuse to believe they're leaving you and then you get mad at them for leaving you but you spend the years afterwards reminiscing about the good times together and go around telling people how this is not the best version that you know that person can be and when you're sitting in a mexico hotel room and you're given the chance to bring them back home, you do it

#as for helmut i think its looking back and realising he had it good when daniel and max were teammates and it hasnt been good since then #or maybe he's realised that he can only lift the curse that's on that second seat if he has daniel back into it #anon.txt

[eukaryotesrool]

Leucism and Kimba

So this is gonna be real life facts (ones I'd say are interesting) mixed with some fan stuff, you don't need to know about the franchise to understand this, but it will be long and only slightly hinged.

Grab a snack, a drink annnnnnd...

What is a Kimba?

(Kimba (1965) running)

This guy, the titular hero of Osamu Tezuka's Kimba the White Lion franchise (AKA Jungle Emperor Leo(direct translation), Janguru Taitei(untranslated title))

For now, all you folks need to know about him is that he comes from a long lineage of lions with uniquely white fur.

Gee, you know what else relates to lions, white fur, and genetics, oh boy, a segway into the next thi-

What is a leucism?

(Pronounced 'luke-ism')

(Animals with a leucistic disorder, leucistic peacocks look neat, though, they all do)

leucism is a variety of conditions causing a lack of pigmentation in animals.

"Isn't that albinism?"

They're comparable, but seperate, their causes are different, also no leucistic condition removes eye pigmentation, so, Kimba's blue eyes aren't a problem.

(Kimba (1965) running, he does that a lot)

Now I'd like to go over every major leucistic condition and compare/contrast them to what we can note about Kimba.

No, I am not joking.

(OH MY GOD ITS SO CUTE I- er, this is a real life white lion cub, owing its white fur to a leucistic disorder)

Something to remember, most of these conditions don't (or don't to our knowledge) affect lions and could be easily swatted aside as such, but KTWL (Kimba the White Lion) is a work of fiction which consistently does absurd things, for example, Great Mother, a surviving mammoth who lives on a magic mountain and has magic powers or a blue lion (no I won't tell you what makes him blue), so I'm willing to brush aside SOME realism... also I researched them so I want to talk about them.

Yes, there is a condition that causes real life white lions, buuuuut I'm saving that can of worms for later.

Easily disproven

These ones don't work for several reasons, I'll be using only the most glaring issues for the sake of brevity.

Vitiligo & flavism: These two conditions happen over the course of one's life, but we see Kimba near birth, and he possessed his white fur.

Chédiak–Higashi syndrome: Causes symptoms (including but not limited to: peripheral neuropathy) which Kimba almost certainly does not have.

Isabellinism: affects only birds and leads to a golden white, not a snowy one.

(An isabellinistic bird, majestic fellow, eh?)

Xanthochromism: Makes things fucking yellow.

(A xanthochromistic (pictured right) and normal (pictured left) Argentine horned frog, so cool.)

Axanthism: only affects things with light reflecting pigments, and can only make things with normally yellow color have white color.

Amelanism: Meaning lacking melanin, so those black tipped ears and tail would be a no-no, yet we observe numerous pelts of his ancestors all with the exact same ears, and, we have reason to believe, the exact same tail (his father also possessed the same tail)

Okay, that was the bulk of the list, we're making good progress.

Maybe

These ones are harder to disprove, but I'd still say they're obviously not what we're looking for.

Piebaldism: Now, this one seems convincing as it can generate black AND white fur, it is genetically dominant, therefore, could lead to the continous lineage (where at least one of few children seems to always inherit it) but it lacks the uniformity, as I said, every white lion posses the same pattern, with few inconsistently appearing exceptions within the franchise, we'll get to that later on, the point is, consistency is the rule, chaos is the exception, and piebaldism is too chaotic.

(Piebaldistic animals. That squirrel looks so neat! Like his back is covered in snow!)

Waardenburg syndrome: Specifically type two is a strong contender, most notably because it causes bright blue eyes (or a blue and brown eye, sometimes) along with its other effects, HOWEVER, it also causes congenital hearing loss, and in cats (Felis Catus or house cats, technically, but they're the closest comparison I have to lions) said hearing loss is more common and more extreme, I doubt Kimba has that. Type 1 and type 3 cause other malformities that Kimba visibly doesn't posses.

Not sure

I tried, but my research was not conclusive, if you have answers, I'd be glad to hear them.

melanophilin: it is listed, but isn't a disorder, it is a carrier protein, I did some research and disorders with this protein don't seem like they'd make the snow white color we're looking for.

Undisputable

Oh, uh, there's nothing here, we've gone over every major leucistic disorder, there ARE more, but we'd be here all day, and so little is known about them it'd be arbitary.

Well, we're not through with every leucistic condition on the agenda, there's still...

THE CAUSE OF REAL WHITE LIONS

That's right, we've made it.

There's obviously a myriad of similarities, Tezuka was probably inspired by the real life white lions.

For example

(Pictured left, Kimba (1989 anime series) and his love inyerest, Raiya, a fellow lion, but not a white lion. Pictured right, two lionesses, one being a white lion)

The jarringly (among other lions) snow white fur.

(Sorry the images of Kimba's paw sucks, you won't believe it, but it was SO difficult to find a pic online with his paw pads in it, real life white lions? Pfft plenty of pictures in an instant.)

(Yes, pink is the unpigmented color for paw pads)

The pink paw pads

(Pictured left, Kimba's father (2009 movie) pictured right OH MY GOD SO CUTE)

The genetic basis allowing for lineages that share the trait

So then, this is it?... no, no, no, no, sadly, no, not so simple, there is one glaring inconsistency.

Firstly, an aside: I tried researching the specific cause of white lion leucism (it comes from a mutation for tyrosinase) but very little is known about it exactly, though, I gleaned something just by using the oldest tool in the zoology briefcase, me own eyes.

Notice a difference between Kimba and EVERY image of a white lion I've provided? Here, have some more white lion.

(Look at 'em all!)

From male to female, newborn, to cub, to adult, one consistency that Kimba does not share, maybe you already noticed and want me to get to the fucking point, maybe I will, maybe I won't, okay, I will.

(Circles denoting where Kimba posseses the trait, 'x's denoting where the real lion cub does not)

Black fur, Kimba has black fur on the tips of his ears and tail, no image of a real life white lion that I've seen has that pattern, or ANY black fur (wait, did I just retread my point about amelanism? Damn), and I'm lead to believe that does not occur amongst real life white lions, so then...

Kimba is a an anomaly

(From top left to bottom right Kimba's aunt (1989) Kimba's father (2009) and Kimba's father (1989)

In the 2009 version the only white lions we see are Kimba and his dad, and his dad lacks the black fur, in the 1989 series the only white lions we see are Kimba, his dad and aunt, both of the latter lack the black fur, but Kimba retains it in all versions.

Perhaps the cause of white lions is the same as real life white lions, and Kimba is a very rare anomaly within an anomaly, I don't know a whole lot about genetics, but that sounds reasonable enough for KTWL standards.

Buuuuuut, every other version, including the manga that started it all has other white lions retain the same color palette, and even show dozens of white lion ancestors, and a DISTANT white lion ancestor who all have the same palette, so, this anomaly theory is ironically only relevent to anomalies, the 1989 series and 2009 movie, what about for the whole franchise, well...

I don't know

Here's where I'd like to pull something out my hat and save the day with the obvious and true answer... but, there isn't one, at least, not one I found, sooooo, yeah, everyone must come to their own conclusion, maybe you even disagree with some of my reasoning and come to a conclusuon I've disregarded!

I'd love to hear your take away, and what comes next is merely my own personal take.

I don't know (good ending)

i don't know, and that's the point, I like that conclusion, the Kimba franchise contains mystisms, but never delves into them, leaving them as strange mysteries, it is a story about the exotic, it is ever out of reach.

I choose to believe white lions are semi-magical, thus why Kimba's lineage is the ONLY white lions we see in a franchise that stretches from 1950 to 2009, with over a hundred episodes, thus why white lions seem to always produce a white lion cub, but usually only ONE white lion cub, and the rest resemble the mother, because it works by magic rules.

In the 1989 version(and possibly others) Kimba is directly or indirectly likened to the supernatural, the Great Mother, a huge mammoth who can summon powerful snow storms in tropical Africa treats Kimba as such.

Simply, it can't be explained IRL, that's pretty cool, not everything needs to be explained, and MAGIC!

Thanks for sticking around through my insanity, hope you learned something and had fun, I did!

(Normally I'd put a pic riiight here to close things off but I hit the Tumblr image limit, didn't even know they had one)

#kimba the white lion #Kimba #white lion #animal facts #animal photography #cute animals #osamu tezuka #theories #theory #rant #long reads #im sorry #If I'm going insane you're going insane with me #I'm infamous IRL for my long unhinged rants #Nice to formulate one and give it to you fine people #leucism #leucistic #Please point out any typos or erroneous information #The curse has been lifted #I can now sleep soundly #FanboyMode

[sukugo]

pls i crave ur sexiest plancest recs 🥹

gonna be honest, i haven't been reading much fic lately so i cant really rec that many 😔😭 but these are the ones i have !!

When Your Stitch Comes Loose by monsterhugger

u've already read this but!! still gonna add it. it was my first kv fic and i love it. nai fucking plushie vash my beloved <333

Is it so Wrong? by V_e_n

flower pussy!!!! kid kv love exploring each other's bodies and playing with each other, until they are walked in on by rem. sweet and hot but also kinda bittersweet.

be like the love that discovered the sin by Altered-Havoc

ohhhhh this one's just. horny. nai being horny and desperate and loving his brother so much and grinding against him. so good

Hush. Please Hush by kylermalloy

nai wins and succeeds in memory wiping vash, but why doesn’t it feel like he's won? love this one bc it really shows the inevitable tragedy of their relationship!!

sphyxis by thecrazychatlady

not plantcest but it's the only other trigun one i've read so i'll add it haha. vash gets bound and gangbanged by random gang members. very sexy

#f.ask #ive only read 5 trigun fics can u believe 😔😔 #ive just been having a hard time reading fics for quite a while now :( it's like my brain doesn't let me #it's only yesterday that i actually read smth after some time! #tho i think after that imma probably be reading some more fic now hehe #i feel the curse has been lifted somewhat #so when i read some more these days ill let u know 😈 #trigun #plantcest

[hopeswriting]

FF.NET LINK

[Plain text: "FF.NET LINK" in medium text. /End PT]

WIP Intro

"So you don't remember anything after your accident?" Tsuna shakes his head. The man tuts, chiding. "Typical. You go abroad for someone, make use of valuable favors and contacts to help them, and they can't even bother remembering you." Wow. Is this guy really trying to guilt-trip a sick person for their—hopefully—temporary bout of amnesia right now? And why doesn't that surprise Tsuna whatsoever? "Not to worry, though," he continues, straightening in his chair. "You'll need to try much harder than that to get rid of me." He stares yet again, unblinking, staring him down. Is this...? "This is a threat." All right then. Not that Tsuna is in any state to try and make a run for it anyway.

#katekyo hitman reborn #khr #khr fanfic #khr reborn #sawada tsunayoshi #hmt wip #wip khr #wip khr one shots #hope's writing #mine #hi. the curse has been lifted and i managed to write something again <3

[galaxina-the-pyro]

FALCON PUNCH! 💥

What WOULD have happened if Baljeet didn’t speak up in “Raging Bully”. 😌 [Ferb’s just off in the sidelines, eating popcorn cuz he knew Buford’s second mistake was picking on Phineas while Isabella was within the vicinity (his first was doing it while FERB was there - Vulcan Pinch~). As for Baljeet…eh, I’m sure he’s fine wherever he is.]

(Yes I misspelt “cookies”, nobody’s perfect. 🥺)

Also - a moment of silence for Buford’s spine. 😔

#phineas and ferb #pnf #raging bully #phineas flynn #isabella garcia shapiro #buford van stomm #phinbella #phinabella #phineas x isabella #phineas and isabella #alternate ending #in which the runtime of Raging Bully is shortened dramatically #I loved that episode dbdbndndnd #I’ve been thinking about this idea for months and I finally drew it down! #THE CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED!

[ghostbustingreen]

It's the first day and he's done pretty well!

❝I played this-a one with Mario a lot and we got-a real competitive, eheh. He's-a got-a the chubbier cheeks so I could never beat him.❞

#he did well!!! has his SSS curse been lifted??? #springsmashseminar #( ;; ic ⦙ luigi time! ✰ )

[ramblingoak]

Had a sudden burst of WORDS and I might have a Nap With Terzo to post tomorrow ✨✨

#has the curse been lifted??? #wasn’t much of a curse but ya know #was antsy to get writing again #sorry to the anon that asked for this nap months ago

[gayemoji]

after house & wilson did the chemo deathrun in house's apartment they go into work the next day or whatever and then walk out of the lift together and share such an explicit 'we fucked last night and i cannot wait to see you later' look before going to their respective offices and the reason i didnt take screenshots is bc upon seeing them eyefuck eachother i immediately blacked out and did not come to until literally right now

#now that their evil gay curse has been lifted #let me find those screenshots for you right now #house md #house s8 #m