Pyre's Muse is a Tyrant...

Amateur artist, and author -|- Fair warning, I love villains. They tend to interest me more than heroes do -|- Horror sideblog is Caligo-Insopitus

[day-stars]

Concept: Dave and Jack would really enjoy Disney World

[dynamiia]

Didnt they go there though? There was some dialog in dsaf 3 that implys that dave drop kicked a guy in a goofy costume I think.

[day-stars]

WHAT

[skellidan]

@directdogman Can you confirm this?

[directdogman]

@skellidan @day-stars

Yeah, very few people have seen it, but it IS canon. (Note he says Disneyland, which just merely implies it’s the Californian park, which makes geographic sense.) To trigger the dialogue, you have to hire Stanley as your suited performer, do an evil route, put dave on-stage in the tycoon on day 3, and then ask him what his opinion of his coworkers is during day 4. He’ll discuss every living coworker, and yeah, this is what he has to say about recognizing Stanley.

[ripe]

thedragonwoodconservancy on ig

[cryptidsydario]

laser gun gator boys

[peniswakt-deactivated20210717]

oh my god i didn’t realize this video had audio

[actualaster]

Okay as adorable as this looks, I’m pretty sure that’s a distress sound?  A “mommy help me I’m scared come save me!” sound?

@why-animals-do-the-thing

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

This video is from Dragonwood Wildlife Conservancy, and they are yearling (last year’s babies) Cuban crocodiles. Good news for you, this isn’t actually a distress call! According to @kaijutegu​ (and her giant bookshelf full of reptile resources), the laser sounds are an affiliative social call that young Cuban crocodiles use to communicate with their parents. They normally stop making the noise at around two years old, which is approximately when they start dispersing from the family group.

See, Cuban crocodiles are a super social species - and one of the few where the fathers stick around and provide paternal care for the babies! In the wild, babies would regularly interact with both parents, including when they provide food. This call is basically the type of vocalization that the babies use to communicated with their parents.

These crocodiles are being hand-raised as part of a private-sector breeding and reintroduction program (because the parents are so protective of their offspring that if you left them the babies to raise, you’d never be able to safely get close to them), and so they’re responding to the guy in the video the same way because he’s constant known safe individual and also the provider of food. He’s not a threat - his presence is a good thing, and he’s worth interacting with because it normally means food. You can also tell from their behavior and body language that they’re not stressed: some of the crocodiles are actively climbing on him and interaction of their own volition, but the ones that aren’t don’t show any indicators of hyper-vigilance. If that were a distress call, every crocodile that heard it would be alert and on edge looking for the threat. Distress calls tend to only happen once or twice, because in the wild continuing to make noise makes a baby more vulnerable: so these crocodiles wouldn’t be continually vocalizing if they felt threatened. There’s no snapping or gaping or freezing, all of which would be behavioral indicators of distress or discomfort. (Here’s a video of a baby nile crocodile being harassed by photographers which will give you a visual reference for both freezing and gaping.)

So, hey, this is certifiably cute - and good for conservation!

[bunjywunjy]

ETHICALLY SOURCED LASER NOISES

[jordisstigander]

[rudjedet]

Controversial Truths About Ancient Egypt Masterpost

The pyramids were built by contemporary workers who received wages and were fed and taken care of during construction

The Dendera “lightbulb” is a representation of the creation myth and has nothing to do with electricity

We didn’t find “““copper wiring””” in the great pyramid either

Hatshepsut wasn’t transgender

The gods didn’t actually have animal heads

Hieroglyphs aren’t mysteriously magical; they’re just a language (seriously we have shopping lists and work rosters and even ancient erotica)

The ancient Egyptian ethnicity wasn’t homogeneous

Noses (and ears, and arms) broke off statues and reliefs for a variety of reasons, none of which are “there is a widespread archaeological conspiracy to hide the Egyptian ethnicity”

[thatlittleegyptologist]

The carvings at Abydos aren’t modern machines but recarvings over old carvings. Sure they look like them but if you can read hieroglyphs and know that Ramesses II will even usurp the carvings of his own father just to be a little shit

[rudjedet]

‘No soot on the ceilings and walls of the Dendera temple!’ is actually because of extensive restoration works and not because Egyptians were in on shit like Baghdad “batteries”

While the Egyptians were fine-ass astronomers they didn’t align any of their enormous and/or important buildings to modern star constellations, because constellations look very different now than they did ~5000 years ago 

The pyramid is the simplest, sturdiest shape with which to build and many different cultures discovered this in their own time. There were never any weird fish humans/aliens involved

[rudjedet]

The sphinx of Gizah is only an approximate 5000 years old; the 10,000 year/rain erosion nonsense is proven hokum

Speaking of that particular sphinx, the Napoleonic expedition is not responsible for its missing nose

Akhenaten was not a “heretic” by contemporary standards

Ramses II appropriated a lot of his predecessors’ buildings/reliefs and isn’t really deserving of the epithet “the Great”

The Battle of Kadesh ended in a stalemate (twice)

[rudjedet]

While they had feline deities throughout their history, Egyptians didn’t actually worship cats themselves. This was a later Greek/Ptolemaeic addition

It was not, in fact, practice to shave off eyebrows after cats died; Herodotus lied about that

Herodotus lied about a lot of things and many misconceptions about ancient Egypt can be traced back to his Greek ass

[rudjedet]

I can’t believe I forgot my favourite Hill to Die On

Seth was not the god of “evil”, and despite his chaos providing a foil to order, he wasn’t completely villified until very late in Egyptian history, when he became associated with despised foreign enemies

[rudjedet]

Hats off to the few of you who’re reblogging this with tags saying you’re going to check my claims later. You make me not entirely despair of this hellhole.

Here are some vetted Egyptological books/sources (that are by and large appropriate for a lay-audience) you can find most, if not all of the above:

Lehner, M., The Complete Pyramids

Wilkinson, R. H., The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt

Hornung, E., The One and the Many: Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt

Dunand, F. & Zivie-Coche, C., Gods and Men in Egypt

Kemp, B., Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization

Bard, K., An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Stevenson Smith, W., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

Kitchen, K. A., The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt

Sweeney, D., Sex and Gender (in Ancient Egypt)

McDowell, A. G., Village Life in Ancient Egypt:  Laundry Lists and Love Songs

Te Velde, H., Seth, God of Confusion 

[rudjedet]

Guys do me a solid and reblog this version instead of continuously asking for sources on the other versions thanks

[rudjedet]

I genuinely can’t take this kind of tags anymore, sorry, that’s not your fault personally you’re just the 10.000th person to add them to this post.

It’s a joke.

The title “Controversial Truths” is a joke based on the fact that the people who shell the most well-known counter theories to these, will always do so with words like “mysterious”, “controversial”, “egyptologists don’t want you to know this” and “the actual truth behind X”.

I’m quite frankly begging people to start realising this, please, save me from the misunderstandings

[satelliteduster]

i can’t get over the fact that if you were to have more than two arms you’d need more than two pectoral muscles to accommodate them

can’t make this shit up folks

[bastardbisexual]

[yousoseelie]

Counterargument, sweet back muscles

[cromodinamica]

* OH SHIT

[pyre-prism]

Eyrie Arcade - Minecraft, Episode 2; A-lootin' we will go

[pyre-prism]

Eyrie Arcade: Minecraft Episode 1- What have I done? :'D

[i-see-light-blog]

Character Development Questions: Hard Mode

Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with?

What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like?

What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like?

Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know?

On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets?

Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams?

Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares?

Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target?

Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up?

Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing?

In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been?

In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been?

Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way?

Does your character remember names or faces easier?

Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?

Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?

What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?

Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others?

What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?

In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?

If something tragic or negative happens to your character, do they believe they may have caused or deserved it, or are they quick to blame others?

What does your character like in other people?

What does your character dislike in other people?

How quick is your character to trust someone else?

How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person?

How does your character behave around children?

How does your character normally deal with confrontation?

How quick or slow is your character to resort to physical violence in a confrontation?

What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true?

What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?

Describe a scenario in which your character feels most comfortable.

Describe a scenario in which your character feels most uncomfortable.

In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?

Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method?

How does your character behave around people they like?

How does your character behave around people they dislike?

Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status?

Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat?

Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)?

How does your character treat people in service jobs?

Does your character feel that they deserve to have what they want, whether it be material or abstract, or do they feel they must earn it first?

Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?

Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them?

How easy or difficult is it for your character to say “I love you?” Can they say it without meaning it?

What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?

[pyre-prism]

handy dandy character-making questions, for 100, please :D

[todaysbird]

the cayuga duck is a heavyset domestic duck breed descending from the mallard, originating in new york. the breed originated for meat and egg production, and is characterized by its black feathers that shine glossy green in light.

[keitaiirenwa]

@gogogy

[kinoselynn]

here are some tests I did on sun's rays

[19thcenturyfuck]

not to post even more Villains Discourse on main but it really bugs me how people read giving villains tragic backstories as inherently excusing their actions and/or demonizing trauma survivors.

the actual message of Tragic Villains is (almost) always “people who are never taught or given any healthy, constructive outlets for their emotions will often find unhealthy, destructive outlets.” it’s that people who are traumatized and never learn how to cope with that trauma can become a danger to themselves and others. the message isn’t “trauma makes you evil!!!!” or “genocide is okay if you’ve been sad before!!!!” it’s “people need compassion and help to recover from trauma instead of becoming increasingly angry and harming themselves and others in the process.”

this site takes an alarmingly behaviorist and punitive approach to everything and it’s literally the most annoying thing. y’all have this concept that “if we just punish people hard enough, if we just scare them enough, if we just make them feel guilty enough.” that people just Do Bad Things Because They Do Bad Things, I Guess, and Because We Didn’t Threaten Them And Shame Them Enough. but humans are an innately social species. at our very core, we need compassion and kindness. we need healthy relationships with other humans.

you can keep looking at traumatized villains and being like “haha this dumb pathetic sadboi thinks murder is okay because his parents died” but as a survivor myself, unaddressed/untreated trauma absolutely can make you ragey and destructive. i was lucky enough to have support and eventually get the treatment i needed. but it’s not hard at all for me to imagine how, if that hadn’t been the case, that could’ve been me. obviously not on a movie-villain scale like murder or war crimes, but it’s so irritating as someone whose trauma has always manifested as anger to watch people on this site be like “this is just bad writing!!! real survivors/good survivors don’t end up like that the writers just hate survivors and want the audience to condone murder!”

[sheathandshear]

[royalhandmaidens]

yesterday i reblogged a drawing resource that included how to draw hijabs - and it honestly wasn’t the best advice i’ve seen out there

now, i’m not an artist. but what i saw was a video that included hijab styles most of us don’t really wear and incorrect terminology surrounding niqabs and burqas (yes, there is a difference between the two)

so, i went searching and found a tutorial that i felt was better! these drawing guides and examples come from @/winchestermeg on twitter, and i think they’re really great 💕

this has more relevant examples and correct terminologies, and is drawn by a muslim woman

enjoy, artists of tumblr!

[ichigo-kuriimu]

the japanese “-ne?” particle and the british slang term “innit” serve the same function

[ichigo-kuriimu]

Standard English: It’s cold, isn’t it?

Japanese: Samui desu ne?

British: It’s fuckin’ freezin’, innit?

[ichigo-kuriimu]

i have to do everything around here

[notahorseindisguise]

i hate this cause i did japanese for like a year and this explains the use of the -ne particle WAYYYY better than my teachers ever did. it took me ages to comprehend what this post makes abundantly clear.

my teachers: its like a, a little rise at the end of a sentence, to show that you are seeking a response, while not warranting the -ka particle which would make it a proper question.

me: ok. i guess i get that??

this post: its like saying “innit?” 

me: oh. oh no.

[wind-on-the-panes-deactivated20]

fun fact: afaik, "-ne" was inherited from the Portuguese settlers/priests that stayed in Japan in the 16th century. It comes from "né?", which the contraction of "não é?", "isn't it?".

It's LITERALLY "innit".

[canadian-riddler]

Sometimes I see people say that every fanfic deserves praise but honestly I think that hurts more writers than it helps

[canadian-riddler]

like I see a lot of posts where people are asking why their kudos and their hit count aren’t the same number.  they also seem confused about why they don’t get kudos every time they post a chapter, even though they know an AO3 user can only leave one.  this idea that ‘if it gets you to click, you should leave kudos’ is driving new writers to believe that kudos are something automatic you just get as acknowledgement for your post as opposed to an indication someone actually liked your story.  people who DON’T leave kudos on everything they click on are now described as being stingy with or withholding them, as though they’re bad people for not leaving a like on everything they look at.  kudos are very close to being a participation trophy people get upset about when they don’t receive one. I’m not saying you shouldn’t be nice to writers but at the same time the etiquette changing to having to leave kudos whether you liked the story or not or even finished it is giving people both a false sense of their story’s quality and inflates their expectations for how many kudos they predict they’re going to get

[canadian-riddler]

Like this is getting crazy. Writers are literally starting to expect kudos just because their story was clicked on. They don’t know if the reader liked it. They don’t even know if the reader read the whole thing. But they still think they should be getting kudos anyway

[pyre-prism]

I don't post as many fics/chapters as I'd really like to, but every kudo is something that I cherish... Yeah, it's nice if everyone who clicks on the story liked it, but expecting kudos everytime feels so alien to me... sometimes people click by mistake, or don't like it enough to read more, or even wind up refreshing the page because they queue tabs up while doing a tag-sweep and then get distracted away from reading that particular fic for long enough that a page refresh counts as a new click...

Or is the tag-sweep tactic something only I do? ^^;

[pyre-prism]

A bit of an explanation as to what's been going on

[rwip-deactivated20210619]

[pyre-prism]

Well shit. Cancel the hell out of me. I will not apologize for liking the villains more than the heroes of almost any story. William and characters like him, while despicable people, are just as valid to enjoy as the protagonists.

Ahem... YOU DO NOT NEED TO APPOROVE OF WHAT A CHARACTER DOES TO ENJOY THEM AS THE CHARACTER THEY ARE... And besides, some people, myself included, enjoy him for the shit he can get put through.

Sorryneededtorantabit

[everestseal]

you cant just say you have a hack for drawing pinstripes and not tell us jude cmon

[everestseal]

@thinktanks

[messedupmultimuse]

Reblog if your purple guy is an asshole

There’s quite a few nice misunderstood purple guys out there and there cool but reblog if you’re purple guy is an asshole they can be a little bit of an asshole or an amoral asshole let’s just see how many there are

[cinahaven]

My William is indeed, an asshole

[immortalafton]

It depends on which version of mine you interact with. There are the first 30 years of his life where he is broken and misunderstood, blagh. Then he becomes Glitchtrap and throws everything out the window. He loses all humanity and is a bastard. 

[pyre-prism]

Mine is a professional arse... more or less anyways.