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My blog is a mess and has 90% reblogs. Great place to avoid negativity and I apologize if I ever reblog something critical or political. Safe space for GSRM folks, neurodivergent peeps, and all races, ethnicities, and religions.
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Some graphics I made for the Not So Berry Challenge created by @lilsimsie and @alwaysimming! I love the challenge and wanted to pay tribute to it. I used icons created by TheSimKid on Mod The Sims. ~ Enjoy !
Hello, this is Hanahaki Anon back at it again! I'll just refer to myself as Q from now on. You'll probably hear from me every once in a while because I like to ask questions.
Anyways, onto my next slew of inquiries (it's quite long, sorry in advance)!
I know you said there are almost no limits to yandere powers, but I still want to ask how far they can lean into the fantastical.
We know that Craig can manifest a dragon, and it’s implied to be able to breathe fire. So would a fox that could turn into a kitsune be able to use foxfire? What about manifesting illusions? And what about fairy ring mushrooms? If arranged into a circle, can they gain the magical qualities of the fabled fairy rings—such as forced dancing, teleporting elsewhere (bc the fairy realm probably doesn’t exist in this universe), curse of misfortune, etc?
Next up: do yandere powers affect physical traits even when not manifested? Like, is it possible for yanderes to have purple as a natural hair color or pink-colored eyes from birth bc of their plant?
And some questions about shadows: Are animal shadows only black, or can they have varying colors/transparency (even if only a small, distinct part like the red symbol of a black widow)? How do people even tell between species if not?
Can people with shadow animals manifest only a part of their shadow? For instance, having a just a monkey’s tail protrude from their back. I think Rohan had shadow dog ears on his head before, so I would think so, but what about manifesting it separate from their physical body? Like— just a floating paw or something. If so, could they manifest multiple animal parts in separate locations at once?
In the first installment of the Yandere Nation series, you said that animal shadows are a result of interbreeding during the founding days of Paradisus. Does this mean shadows are a recent development and there’s no precedent of them in earlier times? How did interbreeding of plant powers even lead to shadow animals?
Also, how do non-land animals fare when summoned? It’d be pretty funny if a fish shadow just flopped around on the floor when called upon, but also wildly impractical. Would it instead float or appear to swim through the air? Can shadow animals that normally can’t swim be able to?
About Paradisus in general: How even is the yandere economy still standing? How does the country make up for the deadweight loss caused by locked up beloveds who can’t work and the large amount of spontaneous murders. This is without taking into consideration the fact that yanderes have a 3-day work week, which severely impacts work efficiency.
Lastly, there are a few inconsistencies I noticed that I want to clear up. Apologies if it seems like I'm nitpicking—I just adore your universe so much I reread it constantly, and therefore end up picking up a lot of details.
In A Day in the Life of a Yandere Story Main Character, we learn that only a shadow can sever another shadow, and that Craig’s uncle severed his. But in Imitation is the Most Obsessive Form of Flattery, it said that the uncle was deported because his hair turned into kelp, meaning he doesn't have a shadow. So did the uncle not do the severing? If so, who did? Which yandere with a shadow out there is willing to do severings when it’s considered the worst crime by yanderes?
In A Day in the Life of a Yandere Story Main Character, it says that Craig (as a bearded dragon) tracked Rich to his prison by scent. But in The Best Revenge is Living Well (and Letting Your Enemies Destroy Themselves), Craig tells Miriam that he can’t track down Dinah. Is there a specific reason for this?
Thank you for taking the time to read through my ramble-fest!
Not just any fox can turn into a kitsune. You need to find a plant with kitsune in the name. A fox shadow is just a fox. It would be rare to be able to manifest powers only very loosely connected to a fox like a kitsune.
Now, fairy ring mushrooms have the name and can manifest the powers, except as you already said, the fae realm doesn't exist.
No pink or purple haired yandere characters, sorry! Yanderes are glad not to have any outward indicators.
Yup, yanderes can manifest just parts of their shadows (like ears). But no, they can't have ears on their head and then an earless shadow running around a mile away.
Yandere powers got stronger over time and from more yanderes marrying each other, resulting in shadow powers. Yes, shadows are a recent development. (If you define recent as the last few hundred years.)
Aquatic shadows can swim between shadows.
Research has shown that countries can switch to a shorter work week with no loss in productivity. In fact, people work more efficiently with shorter work hours. Google Iceland trials, where efficiency increased. As for fewer people in the workforce, you are free to disagree with me but I would argue we have a lot of useless jobs. Paradisus has also automated a lot of jobs with robots.
Uncle had a northern kelp crab. This is definitely not a plot hole and you cannot prove otherwise.
Craig could track Rich because Rich was in his house and he followed the trail backward. It's a lot harder to track someone who could be anywhere in the city with just some clothing as scent.
This reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask: why are mushrooms plants instead of shadows in Yandere Nation? In real life, fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants, because they are part of opisthokonta, the clade that exhibits heterotrophy, or "eating" (this is oversimplified, but I doubt you want the detailed version). Is it because most people think of mushrooms as plants, and it's the same idea as names having power, or is the rule that shadows must be things that exhibit motility, which is unique (another oversimplification) to animalia/metazoa? Is it just that you (Katydid) are not rabid about taxonomy like I am, so you didn’t know/care? If it's the first option, and it depends on what someone thinks is a plant or an animal, would that make it impossible for someone to have a sponge or coral as a shadow because most people don't know those are animals? Additionally, could someone who knows about the taxonomy of fungi have a mushroom shadow, while someone who doesn't might have mushrooms that grow from their body, or is it societal consensus rather than personal knowledge that decides it?
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Memes for @aimportantdragoncollector 's werewolfverse series, spoilers ahead!
(If anyone wants to write a description, I'll add it to the alt text, but I don’t have the energy right now)
The Beast at Bay/And Then There Was One:
The Liar's Final Game:
Both of the above:
Unfinished Business:
The whole werewolfverse:
If a Deaf person was to be infected by your werewolves, would they stay deaf because they are happy and proud to be part of the Deaf community/culture?
Would the wolf decide they haven’t experienced the wonders of hearing so they can’t make an informed decision to stay deaf, similar to werewolfism itself?
Adela sculpted her wolf to care about stories above anything else in her puppy stage, could the Deaf person convince their puppy that they are only disabled by their deafness in an ableist and unaccommodating world and werewolves aren’t ableist, are they?
If the pack leans toward forcing Deaf people to become hearing, would several Deaf people being infected all together make a stronger argument to leave Deafness intact because there’s a visible community for the wolves to see and be reassured that the Deaf people are genuinely happy and not lonely?
The werewolf infection automatically removes deafness, without any care for the will of the human. This is certainly one of the worst aspects of werewolfism. The werewolfverse is a horror story hiding behind wish fulfillment and a pretty facade, and violations of bodily autonomy is their biggest crime.
Part of the reason for this is because the First Werewolf made the rules, and he came from a time period where there was no Deaf community. Human rights were horrific, it was common for children to be murdered for having a disability, and the First Werewolf had never met a Deaf person. It would not have even occurred to him that anyone would choose to remain deaf if given an option. (Conversely, since the First Werewolf was gay, he put in some rules favorable to LGBT+ folks. The First Werewolf had obtained some views from outside his world by meeting the Will of the Abyss, but even so, his rules are based on his personal perception of good.)
I hate to say it, but the Deaf community aspect would work against your hypothetical Deaf person, not in favor. Werewolfism has a lot in common with a cult, and cults do not like competition. Everyone is expected to be loyal to the pack first and foremost. This has good and bad aspects: everyone is part of one big loving family, which prevents violent conflicts but smothers a degree of free will. That is why there are no pack werewolves who would ever work against the mission to take over humanity even if they don't want to take part. The pack mind does not allow any sub-groups that have strong enough ties to override pack loyalty, which also eliminates any organized religion. Alas, a Deaf community would also be viewed as dangerous. What if Deaf werewolves start sympathizing with Deaf humans more than their fellow werewolves? What if they refuse the sacred mission to bite people even if it's against their will? That cannot be allowed.
As for "werewolves aren’t ableist, are they?": unfortunately, they can be. Werewolves don't have the capacity to be hateful, but patronization is a werewolfverse classic move. Those inside the pack are all equals, but those outside the pack are all inferiors. Strays are weaker werewolves, and the pack hunts them to imprison them. The werewolf attitude of "humans are too weak and mentally inferior to make their own decisions about if they want fangs in their neck" certainly has some overlap with benevolent ableism reasoning. It is convenient for werewolves to infantilize humans as this provides an excuse to take away their choices. Werewolves avert other "isms" as being inefficient. But here's one of the cold truths lurking behind their utopia: a lot of their rules revolve around what is good for the pack, not what is morally good.
I got a previous ask about "how werewolves would treat humans who couldn't be infected" and the answer involved werewolves assigning guardians to look after these humans and banning them from dangerous activities. That awful behavior is ableism. Although werewolves would not believe it if you accused them of ableism, they would insist that's a purely human concept.
I had to think hard about if someone could pull an Adela and sculpt their wolf. Adela was an unusual case, not just anyone could have done what she did, it took an amazing will. Adela's desires did not conflict with the pack mission. It would be a harder sell to convince a pack wolf to respect bodily autonomy, because from there it is only a short step to believing that it would be wrong to infect humans against their wills. I do not believe this could ever happen with a pack wolf.
However, strays are a different matter! A stray could convince their inner wolf to respect their will and preserve deafness. It would be super interesting to have a story about a group of Deaf strays. Lupercal would hate it.
P.S. I nearly forgot to mention, there is one other way: try to convince the First Werewolf to change the rules. But he can only change the rules if he is a werewolf, it costs power, and he's a lot more ruthless after transformation, making this a hard sell. He would have some questions such as "What's the point in being deaf in a society that speaks by telepathy? A Deaf community would be unlikely to form" and "I would have to strip hearing from your inner wolf too, is that fair?" and "I am trying to conquer the world as fast as possible, why should I divert resources to making our society more deaf-accessible?" and "Should I cause children to be born deaf? That seems very unfair to reincarnated souls. But if werewolves cannot be born deaf, then your Deaf Community won't last in the long term" and "After the transformation is complete, you'll be happy to have hearing and won't feel any need for your old community."
This raises some questions about the First Werewolf's perspective on autism. He gets to keep his autism when he transforms, if I recall correctly, but I would think that autism would be perceived as bad in his own time. Like, he has level 1, so he wouldn't have been treated horribly, but he would have been considered "other" to some degree, right? Was he not autistic in his first life? It seems like his autism is part of his soul, so I would be surprised. Did he simply not see it as a disability because it was his baseline? If so, why not make the infection "cure" neurotypicality?
I'm autistic and if I was creating a perfect world at the cost of free will, I certainly wouldn't remove autism, but I grew up with resources and acceptance that he wouldn't have had, much like deaf people now have resources they wouldn't have had then. So why is being deaf unacceptable to him, while being autistic isn't? Is he just that self-centered?
Furthermore, what happens to a level 2 or 3 autistic person when they get bitten? Do they stay basically as they are, but with a wolf to help them with things like communicating? Do they become neurotypical? Do they become level 1 so that they can keep their core traits but lose most of their struggles?
Of course, none of this matters if I'm remembering wrong and he doesn't keep his autism when he turns, but it piqued my interest and I wanted to ask
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I feel like modern people are not sufficiently despising the Bennets for being filthy rich and saving exactly nothing. Probably because a lot of people are under the misapprehension that they are poor. They're not, they are in the top 1% of income for their era. Compared to the average earnings at the time, their yearly income is around £1.5 million.
But lets make it more accessible and say they have an income of $500,000 USD. Every single year. Every single year since their children were babies. Babies cost almost nothing. A nursemaid is like £10/year and baby clothes are white for bleaching and are passed on through the children. The expenses at this time are very minimal.
Mr. & Mrs. Bennet had $500,000 for at least 15 years when the girls were small and saved exactly $0. Instead, Mrs. Bennet hosted parties where the food was 50x better than Lady Lucas's and, I don't know, bought herself fancy lace. Mr. Bennet probably purchased books. The education budget for their children was basically zero because they never had a proper governess.
Imagine the article, "I am a housewife. My husband and I make $500,000 per year, though about $200,000 of that must go to running our massive estate that we inherited and don't have to pay a mortgage on. We have no savings. When my husband dies, my daughter and I will only be left with only a tiny amount of money ($50,000 every year without lifting a finger) and the estate will go to a cousin. My daughters have no education and no money to inherit. I don't know what to do!!!"
Wouldn't you be reading that in absolute disdain? It is totally ridiculous that neither parent saved a single shilling. It is so stupid. They are both wasteful idiots. They both deserve our disgust.
Honestly, when Elizabeth visits Rosings and Lady Catherine is all like...
"You didn't have a governess?!"
"Your mother didn't even set work for you to do?!"
"They didn't even get you a tutor (aka go to London for the masters) for the subjects you were interested in?!"
"Your literal teenage sisters are Out even though they are teenagers?!"
We should be siding with her.
Like, I was home schooled and there is a lot of bad stereotypes about home schooling... But then there's the family that the home schoolers think are weird. The Bennets are that family.
Lady C is RUDE, but she isn’t WRONG!
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#oh my god YES#this is the thing i am prepared to rant about at a moment's notice#modern audiences usually do NOT grok that the bennets are RICH rich#they are the 1%!#they are just INCREDIBLY BAD WITH MONEY#they ARE the people making $500k+ a year who STILL live paycheck to paycheck because they keep maxing out their credit cards on dumb shit!#they have a BUNCH of money coming in every year and they have been saving NONE of it because saving money is boring and tedious!#also it's fully insane that they are rich people who didn't send their daughters to school OR hire a governess#they gave those poor girls NO proper education even though they#(unlike many/most families in the time period!)#had the RESOURCES to educate their daughters exceptionally well!#the WAY Lady Catherine and Darcy phrase their initial criticism of the Bennets is rude and snobbish#but the criticism ITSELF is BEYOND VALID OMG#i am forever banging pots and pans#begging moderns viewers who have only seen 2005 P&P to understand that THE BENNETS ARE NOT POOR#OMG SERIOUSLY NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT#THEY JUST SUCK ASS AT HANDLING THEIR MONEY#pride and prejudice
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Akaneeeee Hi :)
Can you please list Kris' top 5 favorite things to eat that they probably shouldn't
AAYYYY What's up, homie?
Kris is very big on textures. So a lot of their favorite non-foods have to do with it! (I'm excluding moss from the list because that's a given.)
1. Those little 3D erasers
2. Floral foam blocks
3. Mini glass animal figurines
4. Wooden pencils (plus the metal and rubber bits)
5. Old jewelry (like necklaces)
Akane! Please tell Kris not to eat floral foam! It is seriously carcinogenic! Unless TR Kris is immune to cancer...
On second thought, they're probably fine
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Get your knives ready everyone!
It's actually kind of cute and sweet when you can clearly tell that an amateur writer posting their stuff online doesn't really know how something would actually work in real life. Like ok you're probably a kid and it's understandable that you don't really have as much life experience as you've got confidence in the story you want to tell.
You'll get a 15-year-old first person narrating protagonist going like "I've got five older brothers and I'm the only girl so they're really protective of me :)"
like ok I'm guessing you're an only child, and that's sweet that you think that's how it works, but in a set-up like that, being the youngest of six and the only girl, the closest thing that they'd get to being attentive and protective of you would be giving you multiple sessions of intensive experimental exposure therapy to determine once and for all if a human being can develop an immunity to getting waterboarded.
This really, really depends on who your siblings are and the environment you're raised in. My mom grew up the youngest (by 2 minutes, she's a triplet) and only girl of four, and she and her brothers were often physically violent with each other. She and her fellow triplets could do whatever they wanted to each other with basically no consequences while the oldest stayed out of it. They also grew up in the 80s with a very standard nuclear family set up.
I, on the other hand, am the youngest and only girl of two, raised by our mother and grandmother. Due to some combination of me being autistic, my brother being more than three and a half years older, and the lack of a male influence in the house (in the sense that gender norms never really got enforced), my brother and I get along great, and only ever fight verbally (mostly philosophical debates). I guess my brother is just an abnormally nice person, but he rarely found it all that entertaining to make a disabled girl almost four years his junior cry, and my mom and grandmother didn't stand for it when he did. Then again, maybe my brother is normal and y'all's brothers are terrible people
