#tree has worms

[athousandmorningss]

briefly popping up on main to ask for y'alls prayers & good energy: i found a lump on oliver's neck last night, and noted he is having a hard time swallowing. he is 16: super senior. he is my dearest and best friend. please pray for him.

#tree has worms #which i am medicating him for #as i will be surrendering him for adoption #i am trying to figure out if someone can come watch tree so i can take oli to a vet #my uber driver this morning was telling me that he is polyamorous and looking for a third with his wife #i am hanging on by a thread #i have kept the cats separate so this is not a tree related issue

[hobsyllwin]

So crazy and insane and evil that the most uniquely delicious gummy candy ever is something I can only find at mexican party stores on an unreliable basis

you do not understand. The flavor. They don't really actually taste like citrus? They don't even taste like any other gummy I've ever had. The taste almost reminds me of... jello somehow? Or those weirdly delicious vitamin gummies? Fuck. They're fucking good. And I can't find that taste anywhere else. idk what they're even called past "orange slice gummies". No they taste nothing like these

these make my mouth sting and stick to my teeth and very heavily taste like oranges. completely different candy. a false god. do u get me

#I am very autistic about candy #not in like an “I know how they're made and the history” way but like #I'm very particular about candies and have very specific tastes and like 95% of candy makes my stomach hurt #because for some reason my stomach doesn't like something about the like sugar content or whatever idfk #I think it's because although I love candy I don't eat it often bc I only like eating the specific ones I like #which are not exactly easy to find at least in a “I'm at the dollar tree or a regular grocery store” sense #does not help that we don't have a dedicated candy store here #so I've eaten so little candy as an adult that after like two sour gummy worms my stomach starts to hurt #kind of like how sushi hurt my stomach for most of my life #bc it was so different from what I usually ate that I had to slowly get used to it and after a few years I can eat it without stomach hurty #except the other way bc I slowly stopped eating candy regularly so now most candies hurt my stomach #autism has a fascinating effect on the way your body reacts to new food lemme tell you

[dootznbootz]

I wanna write so BAD but my eyes hurt from the smoke and my body is sore

#on the plus side. WORM FAMILY! Those who remember this. I found one of the “Stinky Trees” logs!! It has a black ring in it's center #why it smelled like floor cleaner probably #Mad rambles #sobs

[tothesolarium]

Thinking about how I kinda pitched my story as a hell striving for utopia, with a lil hint of the moral authority being the “mad/bad guys”

When it’s more like, a hopeful critique of Utopia. It’ll always be struggle to make a safe place, but that struggle with keep Many happy and safe, even if not perfect

And that the moral authority, while being tortures are also soul themselves that have experienced a millennia of grief and been traumatized by their family as well as the memory of an earth that can no longer connect to, and really want to bring Justice to a life they feel will never be just

And how there’s whole other parts of hell with their own magic rules, coping with grief by making reality a dream. Spirits crafting their own rules on the backs of sleeping demons, demons acting as if they’re just a tree to watch what will happen, quiet nudges, or a world unlike anything seen before

#has brain worms #hell story #hmnngngngngn #so many thoughts about the north and southern oceans #south is sweet water/fresh water #mountain creeks and swamps #floating rivers and hot springs that speak #catfish offering treasures at the exchange of unlimitelss debt #unlimited is the correct word I tink actually oops #and THANK AMOYDOYS LAND OF FIRE AND IRON TREES #OF BODIES LATCHED TOGETHER #MATTER MADE BY UNION AND MOTHING ELSE #MATTER UNDESCRIBABLE OTHER THAN PASSION AND STABILTY #AND THEN MARAX MY SLEEPIJG FOREST #WHO WILL WAKE ONLY FOR THE FEW #LETTING DYARDS AND HORNS CRAFT THR RULES #SO LONG AS THE FOREST AND MOUNTAINS ARE AT PEACE SO IS HE #AND HOW THE MA WILL HAVE MOMENTS OF BEING HEROS #and maybe #finally realizing one is not the best and allowing themselves to be consumed so someone wiser can try and prevent the sky burning #these… might be spoilers #but I’m being vague enough?? maybe?? #i don’t care I’m so excited about my own lol world #if typing didn’t hurt my hands #y’all #YALL #it would rule #but drawing hurts too but less on iPad and easier for brain to spite out #kinda… kinda wanna draw some beasts #also - amoyday =asmodeus Kinda in this world yes but at uh- chompa means

[bigenderteruki]

Putting hatori thru the worst broccoli hell imaginable rn

#doot doot #mp100 #writing a fic rn if that wasn't clear #what if instead of making u worship a giant broccoli the divine tree candy made u relive ur worst trauma. n then made u worship the broccoli #hatori nozomu has the answer ! #yeah idk it kinda got away from me a bit lol it was supposed be a sort look into what seri and mine were doing during da arc #but then the hato worms activated. one of the longest one shots ive ever written. coming some time in the next 48h. hopefully #*dt arc oops

[poetry-draws]

okay so they're not technically a grey company rangers BUT may i request The Faramirs™ hanging out?

I think they count! Prince (Steward) Faramir (II) holds a meeting with Prince (Lieutenant) Faramir (I) over the progress of the Reclamation of Minas Ithil. It helps to have someone who knew the city pre-Witch King!

#lotro #lord of the rings online #faramir prince of ithilien #faramir i son of ondoher #prince steward faramir is still recovering a little from general morgulness #prince lieutenant faramir has recovered from becoming re-alived and has had a chance to grow his hair #this one involved morloth as well lol #get a lot of mileage out of that tree #without getting into ghost business they keep his identity a secret and just refer to him as lt. faramir #since he MAY or may not have actually been King of Gondor for six whole hours #if in name only #so yeah as to not open that can of worms he becomes a ranger and joins the reclamation #and gets adopted by golodir #it's only convenient

[welcometogrouchland]

Good evening girl I am thinking about how the owl house lured me in with fun, surface level elements and aesthetics before ambushing me with themes grief and familial conflict that make me want to cry so hard I throw up. Why did they do that

#ramblings of a lunatic #dana terrace saying that the theme of grief will continue in the next episodes of season 3 both excites and terrifies me #cause there are SO many characters who's grief parallels each other- namely the nocedas and wittebanes #belos lost a brother. luz lost a father. camilla and evelyn lost a husband and had to take care of a child in the midst of it. #hunter just lost his best friend. darius lost his mentor. #when i tell you all of these characters actions (minus hunter but rtbs) are driven by the grief they carry with them #like #AND I'M JUST SUPPOSED TO BE NORMAL ABOUT THAT?????????? #stories that deal with grief always manage to worm their way into my heart and/or brain for a long time #it's just. it's such a personal topic i think? grief has some generally agreed upon truths- that's how we identify it #but it happens to everyone in different ways under different circumstances and it makes everyone act differently #it effects their lives differently #so when a story goes out of it's way to portray the different ways characters grieve it just. mm. hits different #and i namedropped familial conflict as well but my feelings on that can be summarized by that one pos #that points out how when you take into account the family tree Caleb left behind and the found families built over the show #belos has essentially been terrorizing his family for 400 years in various different ways #lol #also the parents in this show. camilla specifically. i am a camilla stan first human being second #SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IN ORDER TO BE KIND TO HER DAUGHTER SHE HAD TO FIRST BE KIND TO HERSELF #AND EMBRACE THE THINGS SHE'S ASHAMED OF. GOD!!!!!! FUCK OFF!!!!?????? #this show. this show makes me want to eat glass #anyway no one talk to me I'm in my feels about the show for children

[moldwood]

🌀🌀🌀you wanna play pyre you wanna play pyre sooo bad 🌀🌀🌀

#fr idk why pyre isnt more popular considering u have a character In the game #everyone in the game is canonically illiterate. the illiteracy is a government conspiracy. #your dog best friend is insecure about if his mustache is silly or not. your giant demon lady best friend gets her feelings hurt if ur #scared of her bc she wants to protect you. you worm best friend is ur best friend bc he left his squad bc he thought you were sooo cool #your little girl friend can be named gae if you want. your snake gramma will kill you to death before giving you soup. #idk what to say about pamitha. you can get sauced w her. she has no hands how does she hold her drink #and hedwyn.......... boyfriend of all time #gay grampa tree (wise ass tree meme here) #tizo. uh they need a better marketable plush of him 🧐

[lindentree]

And now a refined Worm Man

#man like #i had to look up the WM skin for reference here #and oh my gosh #hes so pathetic #he can't even afford a cape #his suit is still ripped after he mooned Ex #he might as well be wearing flip flops under sweatpants #no gloves or boots #this mans answering machine told him he has no friends #and the whimper he made when he started crying #broke my heart #anyways hes my son now #worm man #my art #hermitart #hermitblr #art #digital art #hermitcraft #trees doodles

[thegremlinofransei]

Girl help I just spent most of my shift writing a synopsis for a fic inserting an OC for a completely different project idea into a Bullet Train fic ;_;

#bullet train #and yes it’s because I’m obsessed with what her dynamic with Tangerine would look like #and YES I made her an assassin in this in a way that makes sense even though she’s originally a pacifist #she’s kind of a combination of OCs in this one ngl but tangerine has given me brain worms and I could see this being her story if she was #even more bitter about her past #tldr I wanted an excuse to write about #tangerine bullet train #lemon bullet train #is also along for the ride!!! #also the titles for each half of the story are from similar lines in the different versions of family tree by Ethel Cain oops

[thatone-highlighter]

Theres just. A Minecraft episode.

New AU dropped ig

#FINN HAS A PISTON ELEVATOR BRO THE FUCK #I was just watching and i was like. i think its almost bed time maybe one more episode #oh no the next episode is a special im gonna see how long it is but i prob wont watch it #oh its only 11 mins its fine oh worm 8 bit #FUCKING MINECRAFT #why is there a Minecraft episode why is hake dumping diamonds in the lava what is going on #the fuck is happening bestie #Tree Man Posts #and so the adventure time live blog continues

[dreamyinwriting]

The Giving Tree fundamentally altered my brain chemistry as a child

#like it has wormed its way into the core of all my stories. my fav thing to explore is the positive aspect of a successful attachment to -- #someone else (which is a huge achievement in itself - affirmation of the other & the self!) #VS. the negative aspect of it being/becoming imbalanced & destructive #you can also see the giving tree through a gendered or environmental lens #just a great story #I actually really admire children's stories. I think they're so lovely when done right #she speaks!

[luulapants]

Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence

Northern Cardinal, 4/10

I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys.

American Robin, 1/10

Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing.

House Sparrow, 10/10

You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end?

Tufted Titmouse, 1/10

A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back.

European Starling, 9/10

Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you.

Carolina Wren, 3/10

This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves.

Eastern Wood-Peewee, 0/10

If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10.

Red-bellied Woodpecker, 6/10

It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism.

American Crow, unrated

For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business.

Great Crested Flycatcher, 5/10

Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera.

Stay tuned for more criminal activity!

#birds #bird crime

[its-your-mind]

Ruins of The Magnus Institute FACTS WE KNOW:

Someone (who runs an urban spelunking forum 👀👀👀) marked it as “cleared,” which has led to a lack of exploration

Pictures don’t upload to the internet and also just fucking. disappear.

People leave with a weird sense of paranoia

Scorch marks from fire 20 years ago 1999 (FIRE? 20 years ago??? Web bond gertrude/agnes hilltop road tree????????)

Third floor mostly gone

Feeling like doors were gonna close and TRAP YOU INSIDE

All! The! Fucking! Papers! In! The! Archive! Are! Gone! FUCK!!!

Old graffiti: symbols - also found on an empty wooden box???

Gross stains all over the floor (hello smooshed worms)

Only images posted (after graffiti images were promised) were of gross/gory Eyes

#tmagp #magp 01 #tmagp spoilers #the magnus protocol #tma spoilers #agnes montague #gertrude robinson #the magnus institute #jane prentiss #tmp spoilers

[yewstronaut]

you know i know pangur (of pangur and grim) is a cat, like it's confirmed and everything but sometimes i see photos of that beaft and i Doubt

#transmissions from a tree #like if a worm was a rat was a completly different third species that has yet to be idenitfied

[flickering-nightfall]

Playing with some ideas mostly regarding gender/reproduction in RW, and slugcat colonies.

Full transcript under the cut!

Creatures in Rain World are typically simultaneous hermaphrodites but require partners to reproduce, with either individual capable of being a genetic donor or carrier. Alongside what we are familiar with, this has lead to interesting reproductive strategies such as rotating donor/carrier roles, or dual/simultaneous genetic swaps.

Rotating donor/carrier roles - A K-selection reproductive strategy. One partner carries the first child, the other partner carries the next child, and so forth. Allows each partner to recover from the demands of childbearing.

Rain Deer aren't quite monogamous, but they tend to choose the same breeding partner whenever mating season rolls around. They serve as a donor one season, then bear and raise a child the next. Calves are raised away from the rain and worm grass, in places that have less food but more safety. Calf wool is softer, not yet gunked up by the dirty rainfall. Their legs are sturdier as children, allowing them to run for cover while the parent wards off threats.

Dual/simultaneous genetic swap - An r-selection reproductive strategy. Parents fulfill the donor and carrier role for each other. The more children you make, the more likely some are to survive!

Multiple batflies lay thousands of eggs in a single "blue fruit." Several eggs congeal and become nutrient paste for the surviving eggs (and for hungry slugcats). Like some plant seeds, batfly eggs that are consumed before pupating can survive passing through the digestive system. Ew.

Ancients also fell under this umbrella. Their genders (and the genders of iterators by extension, who have no sex anyways) could have been determined by a variety of other factors, such as societal role, donor/carrier preference, or simply different categorizations of personal expression.

It's difficult to say how well their common pronouns would translate to ours, but it seems they can translate to an extent, given what Moon and Pebbles use canonically.

Slugcats, like real slugs, can have children with a partner or self-fertilize. Unlike real slugs, they are often known to adopt.

In the case of self-fertilization: children who are born from one parent may display a large amount of genetic diversity despite the circumstances. Maybe slugcats have some sort of... genetic reservoir independent of their own genetic code?

Slugcats live 20-30 years on average... if they manage to reach adulthood. Their mortality rate is sadly rather high, especially in pups. If they were to develop as a civilization, it's likely their lifespan would increase dramatically.

Slugcats in a colony are more likely to have more children, and to successfully rear those children to adulthood, than those who wander alone or in small groups. The safety and stability of a colony cannot be understated.

Colonies either have a set, cycling migration path, or wander continuously. Survivor and Monk's tree home was a nesting site that their colony frequents about once a year. So it's likely that they'll see their family again!

...also, the strength of large colonies are why scavengers are likely to become the dominant species. In the time of Saint's era, continuous migration has become more of a risk, and it has become more difficult to support large populations. Slugcat populations have shrunk back to the more forgiving equatorial zones.

Saint's tongue is pretty unusual and probably unique to them, or to a small population that they hail from. Fur (of varying thickness) is much more common.

Meanwhile, scavengers are bulkier and covered in thicker insulating fur. They:

have seemingly massive populations

have a burgeoning society (the existence of merchants, tolls, bartering, elites and leaders)

are adept at communicating (non-verbally)

manipulate their environment

can build structures (scavenger-made structures were a scrapped idea from Saint's campaign)

can create complex weapons and tools

may have agriculture behind the scenes (unsure if scout parties prioritize exploration or hunting)

I would wager on scavengers developing more quickly than slugcats, but it would be nice if there was a future where both could co-exist.

#oops! impromptu rendering practice! #rotating donor/carrier roles could also be an r-selection strat #but i feel like it'd be more common as a k-selection strat #rain world #worldbuilding #headcanons #flickerdoodles #art #um #ask to tag? #that goes for all of my posts #rw spoilers #dp spoilers #saint spoilers #long post