Morning Cat Time

She/her. PNW queer mom, author in progress. Say hi to your cat for me. Animation, speculative fiction, mythology and folklore, ttrpgs, art, games. Old enough to remember the 80s.

[fucktonofanatomyreferencesreborn]

A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

By Shadowcross on DA.

[kward-the-local-cryptid]

BLESS YOU, YOU  WONDERFUL PERSON

[pietriarchy]

[asexualgeorgecostanza-deactivat]

[joey-wheeler-official]

[piss-bong]

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[journeymanfool]

[dowereallyneedthis]

[favoritefightingfrenchgoth]

[disorderfaking-deactivated20200]

[goofballproximitysurveyor-deact]

[wilburian-deactivated20221116]

great job everyone lets hit the showers

[testosteronetwink]

[pinkthinkspalistineshouldbefree]

Not again

[cool-way-to-die-deactivated2022]

gentle reminder that you can’t get this kind of nonsense from any other site

[flavoracle]

This thread is almost eight years old and it has damn well earned its place among the Tumblr pantheon as a Heritage Post™️

[sparklenaut]

clingy...

[atreidespacito]

[atreidespacito]

[molabuddy]

[chimeragirlboobs]

military surplus robotgirl who isnt used to her civilian chassis

she gets startled every time someone enters her line of sight because shes used to having omnidirectional scanners

she gets frustrated trying to carry heavy things because her limbs arent strong enough

you pick her up and she gives you the most scandalized look at the realization that she's that light

[foone]

keysmashes heatmap from my current keysmash-detector test corpus

[timelockedchosen]

what

[foone]

I'm writing some code to detect and analyze keysmashes from flustered transfem submissives, so I've been collecting a small pile of example keysmashes to test against.

I took all the examples and compared how often each key appears, resulting in the above graph

[galileoace]

How do you collect the data?

[foone]

usually I just flirt with transfems until they keysmash for me

[trixterthefloret]

how long does that take on average?

[foone]

see this is exactly the kind of question I want to be able to answer with my keysmash detector.

The average "hiiii" to keysmash duration!

[trixterthefloret]

Ahhh, yeah, makes sense :3

But what's even the best metric to do it? By raw time, amount of messages, amount of words?

Also, are you accounting for the difference in keysmashing between mobile and PC users?

[foone]

Good question. I may have to try different ways!

And yes, I am.

[ash-the-lizard-puppy]

i think another question is: do transfems from different places keysmash differently?

[foone]

probably! but this project has feature-creeped enough, I'm not going to add locations for all the keysmashes

[cantotallyeven]

Transfems are probably overrepresented in the Dvorak community, have you accounted for that?

[foone]

no and I don't intend to.

I only need to know layouts so I can figure out where on the keyboard they're pressing. like if someone keysmashes "crotewrrut" that's VERY different if they're a QWERTY user vs a dvorak user.

But I'm not worried about what portion of dvorak users are transfem or what portion of transfems use dvorak.

[htmlcoderexe]

FWIW consider odd stuff like qwertz/azerty (the tricky M one) might actually be more frequent than Dvorak

[foone]

I've got plenty of keyboard layouts supported

[liarsblade]

Yeah you're right. It WOULD be pretty fucked up if you were a swan but you were raised by ducks and you grew up never seeing another swan or even knowing that such a thing as a swan even existed so you just thought you were a duck with something super wrong with it.

[liarsblade]

[a-potato-of-death]

[prokopetz]

While it is generally agreed that the folkloric figures of "Link" and "Princess Zelda" are based on real historical individuals, neither those individuals nor their respective myth-cycles were contemporary, being separated in time by nearly two hundred years, with each initially being the protagonist of their own body of tales.

When the two myth-cycles were fused by later chroniclers to produce the combined Link-Zelda cycle which is familiar to audiences today, the figure of Link assumed the role of overall protagonist. Securing Zelda's freedom from captivity is often inserted as a secondary objective into episodes which were originally Link tales, while Link typically subsumes most or all of Zelda's role in episodes which were originally Zelda tales.

In many cases, the Link-Zelda version is the only iteration of a given episode which survives, so determining which tales were originally part of which precursor cycle is not without controversy; however, the repetitive nature of the perils which preclude Zelda's active participation in many episodes – kidnapped, possessed, sealed in enchanted crystal, etc. – may offer some clues.

(The Gamelon saga represents the the largest known body of Zelda tales which are believed to have persisted in more or less their original form. Linguistic analysis suggests that the episode in which Link is revealed to have been trapped in a heretofore-unmentioned magic mirror the entire time is a clumsy interpolation by a later author, inserted to justify the saga's inclusion in the broader Link-Zelda cycle.)

[firefly-factory]

[tobiasdrake]

The very first Legend of Zelda was itself a Zelda legend, hence its title. It was also one of the first to be adapted to the contemporary Link-Zelda structure of the myths. The introduction of Link into this myth was shoddy and introduced a number of inconsistencies.

For example, it's said that Link is a wanderer from afar who rescues Impa from Moblins but when he arrives in Hyrule, he has to take the place of the unarmed and inexperienced Princess Zelda. And so this allegedly experienced warrior who just killed a bunch of Moblins arrives in Hyrule without so much as a sword in hand.

Similarly, the original myth featured Zelda assembling the Triforce of Wisdom, the only force that could stand against the Triforce of Power in Ganon's possession. Because it was the first to be adapted, there were concerns about disempowering Zelda by replacing her entirely with Link. As a result, a strange compromise was struck; One in which Zelda, after assembling the Triforce, then immediately broke it back down into its component pieces and re-hid them for Link to find.

By contrast, The Adventure of Link, true to its name, is the first Link legend. The importing of Zelda into it as the sleeping princess that Link awakens from her long slumber proved to be just as clunky as the importing of Link into The Legend of Zelda. Most notably, the confusing questions raised as to whether Zelda is meant to be the princess Link rescued in his previous adventure or the one he is rescuing in this new one.

Similarly, Zelda's nemesis Ganon is roped into Adventure of Link very awkwardly. Link's nemesis is his own dark shadow, with only a scant few mentions of the idea that Link's defeat will somehow result in Ganon returning... just because.

But the largest and most consequential of adaptations made to The Adventure of Link is the revising of the magic scepter Link uses to awaken the Sleeping Princess into the Triforce of Courage, a modern invention meant to tie Link more closely to Zelda and Ganon's mythos.

And this is where the study of the legends' history becomes rocky, as many scholars consider the very notion that the Triforce of Courage did not exist in the original tales to be downright apocryphal.

[daja-the-hypnokitten]

We also can see the shoehorning of Zelda into Link's Oracle Saga, where instead of having 2 unrelated adventures, Ganon's minions form a superficial bridge between the two stories to introduce peril to Zelda - Zelda's presence or lack thereof has no significant impact on either story

And there are some distinct quirks to the Gamelon cycle that argue for the presence of syncretic merging of the Zelda in the tales we know with a similar legend from another culture. As does the difference between the Triforce of Wisdom, her sometimes status as a Sage, and the Sacred Power/Light Force/etc power that has different names in different legends.

But it's an interesting pairing of a Celestial legend (Zelda) with a Cthonic one (Link) - after all, how many of the stories that clearly are originally Link tales involve another world? I submit as evidence the presence of stories such as Link to the Past and Majora's Mask; even in the Era of Twlight cycle, we see a previous version of Link resurrected as a shade.

On the flip side, the Era of the Sky gives us Zelda as explicitly, canonically a reincarnation of the Goddess Hylia; whether this was part of the original mythos, or an evolution of why she has the Sacred Power of light in her bloodline is unclear to me. But Skyward Sword was clearly, originally, a Zelda story - after all, Link spends the entire tale chasing after Zelda.

[karaloza]

Skyward Sword cannot possibly have been a Zelda tale, because it clearly follows the ur-pattern of the Legend of Link, wherein Link meets three challenges (usually associated with the colors green, red, and blue) and is rewarded with his principal sword, with which he is then able to meet some number of additional challenges before defeating his foe.* However, it is highly likely that in the original iteration, it was Hylia and not Zelda whom Link sought. Skyward Sword has many hallmarks of being a later expression of the Link cycle, including themes of enlightenment and spiritual transcendence that are very different from the simple physical violence of the earlier expressions. Link's quest for Hylia is a quest for the essence of divinity itself.

Current research seems to indicate that the oldest extant version of the Link tale is the one labeled Wind Waker, which clearly dates to the Hylians' Seafaring/Exploration period, before they settled in the land which they named Hyrule (the legend-within-a-legend wherein Hyrule is sunk under the sea can be attributed to a later admixture of elements from other versions of the Link cycle, or other mythologies entirely). There is of course a Zelda figure in Wind Waker, but for the first half of the tale she is identified as Tetra, a very different character indeed! There is speculation that most of the "Zeldas" in confirmed Link stories were actually Tetra, his original female companion, before she was overwritten as Zelda when the two mythologies were merged.

* Linguistic scholars believe "Ganon" to derive from the Hylian root dialect word gann, which simply translates as "enemy" or "opposition." There is no reason to suppose that every instance of "Ganon" or "Ganondorf" in the tales refers to the same entity!

[prokopetz]

While identifying Tetra with Zelda is of course the product of later revision, the revelation that Tetra is herself a princess may not be.

As previously noted, descent into a mystical Underworld – often, but not always, explicitly identified with the realm of the dead – is a common element of Link tales. This descent is frequently paired with an encounter and subsequent rivalry or alliance (often one, then the other) with that realm's queen. In particular, the motif of Link forming an early alliance with a mysterious young woman who later proves to be the Underworld realm's queen-in-exile is not found only here; consider, for example, the (admittedly divisive) Twilight saga. Indeed, if we accept the identification of the Skyward saga's desolate surface realm with such an Underworld, the revelation of Link's childhood sweetheart as a mortal incarnation of the goddess Hylia arguably fits this mould!

(Of course, as the earliest versions of the Wind Waker saga are presently lost, any conclusions regarding exactly how this trope was introduced to the tale are unavoidably speculative. In the absence of further discoveries, whether Tetra was originally simply a young pirate lord who acquired her Underworld-queen attributes in the process of being fused with Zelda, or whether she was already queen-in-exile of a very different Underworld which was later replaced with a fallen Hyrule to justify her identification with Zelda must remain an open question.)

[fongus-the-ninth]

[catchymemes]

[what-even-is-thiss]

Me: I wonder where my brother is

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: How quickly this one forgets where his brother has gone to go cycling. How quickly he forgets all things. We wonder what the gods will think of this indiscression. If they think anything at all.

Me: Do you guys ever take those masks off?

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: No. It’s a sex thing.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Me: I wonder when he’ll be back.

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: Oh he does not know what awaits him next. We hope nothing of horror has occurred.

Brother: *walks in carrying his bike helmet* Hi I’m back.

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: Oh what has he been doing? Is this family always doomed to forget?

Me: Hey did you remember to pick up eggs on the way back?

Brother: No I forgot again. Do we need those by tomorrow?

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: Oh, both brothers have forgotten their own betrayal of each other!

Brother: So are they ever gonna let us sit on that couch again or

Me: I don’t think I wanna go on that couch again after what they told me today.

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: It’s not like we go at it while you’re around.

Brother: Gross.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Me: Hey guys, we need to talk. It’s been three months.

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: Does he remember that the gods punish the greedy?

Me: Theres tragedies unfolding all over the place. It’s miserable out there. Why can’t you just narrate one of those?

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: You know nothing about the current job market.

Brother: We’ve tried to connect you with agencies several times. You don’t even do chores. You need to move.

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: Thanks for not bringing up the sex thing.

Me: We don’t have to because you’re always the ones who bring it up.

Brother: Please make other arrangements if you’re not going to help around the house.

The Greek chorus hogging the entire couch: Zeus the protector of guests will bring ruin to this house!

Zeus, being lowered in by a wooden crane: No, you guys are the assholes here.

[mapswithoutwyoming]

love zeus coming in at the end to solve the problem with no prior setup. like some sort of deus ex machina.

[elf-kid2]

Laws of Hospitality place requirements on Guests as well as Hosts. Don't overstay your welcome, don't trash your host's place, don't take more than they can reasonably afford to give, etc.

They were clearly in the wrong, at that point.

[fishing-lesbian-princess]

Desperately in love with an autistic girl voice:

[pokkin]

If I had to choose a last meal before getting sent to the gallows I would choose all of the worlds suffering so nobody has to hurt anymore

[reefsharkivist]

i would choose olive garden endless breadsticks

[pokkin]

Oh I love breadsticks changing my answer

[morningcattime]

[hawkeyedflame]

i love listening to my fiancée drawing

“no stop” “oh no i didn’t mean to do that” “wRONG LAYER” “wait go back” “what line is that?!” “cAN YOU– [irritated noises]” “oh you…bastard” “what..layer is that on??”

she’s so cute djksfh

[hst3000]

A gift for your fiancee

[hawkeyedflame]

oh my god dkfjdhgksdjk

[hawkeyedflame]

happy 2023 my wife is currently making incoherent angry/confused noises because she painted on a layer somewhere several hours ago and now she can’t find which folder she put it into

[hawkeyedflame]

you guys it’s almost 2025 and wouldn’t you know it, my wife is still painting on the wrong layer

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

why did I find a reaction image in the cemetery

[queenwhiskey]

this goes sailing through my window after making a bad post

[shamebats]

"we want to protect the kids!!"

— in a way that will also protect them from their parents & guardians right?

"what"

— if a parent or guardian wanted to abuse their child, would what you're trying to do make it harder for them?

"..."

— *pulls out a chart that shows 76% of abused children were victimized by a parent or legal guardian* will what you're advocating for make it easier for the majority child abusers, which is overwhelmingly parents & guardians, to get away with abuse?

"idk what this has to do with anything we just want to restrict children's freedoms more & give parents more control over them. you know. to protect them from adults who want to abuse them"

Every. Single. Time.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Those "We JuSt Want tO PrOteCT the ChilDren!!" folks are aiming to "protect" them in the same way they "protect" their vintage jazz album collection, and their 401(k): as the property of a particular, select, group of adults.