We go by many names, but you can just call us Cosmo or Void if you don’t know who you’re referring to! You can also call us the Abyssal/Void System or the CCC (Concrete Cube Collective)
If this is your first time seeing me or my blog, then hello! Please make yourself at home. If you’re a returning astronaut, welcome back! Glad to have you with us.
DNI: Transphobes, Homophobes, Sexists, Racists, Nazis, Religious Discriminators, any flavor of bigot, NSFT/NSFW, Anti-furry, Anti-Therian, Syscourse, and anyone with the intent to hurt me, my friends, or anyone. Be polite y’all.
I won’t state my exact age, but I am a minor. I am also sex-repulsed and on the ace spectrum. I will sometimes reblog posts with a suggestive joke or theme, but I will never post or reblog anything explicit. Please do not tag me in or send me anything NSFW.
I have several mental disabilities, including depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Please be patient with me!
If you’re respectful with your criticism, feel free to send it my way. I am in no way perfect, but I would always like to improve. If you just send random insults, I will not take it seriously, and you will be ignored or giggled at. If you’re being hateful to me or anyone else, I will personally throw you out the nearest airlock and block you.
QUICKFIRE Q&A:
Can I draw you/your characters? Yes, and I will be extremely flattered.
What are your pronouns? All of them.
Why are you like this? I dunno man.
Thoughts on [thing]? As long as it doesn’t hurt others or yourself, I’m fine with it. This is a safe space.
Is your cat just purple Gnarpy?/Is your cat named after Cosmo from DW? No. Please stop asking.
Can you draw me something? Yes, and I will be incredibly honored to do so.
What’s your real name?/How old are you?/Can I have your number? I’m not answering that.
Is there anything else I should know before I interact with you? I am prone to rambling and making little sense. If I respond to something with a wall of text, I’m not upset or anything, just bad at paragraph breaks. I will also use tone tags if I feel it’s appropriate.
More information below the cut, in case you want to know about us for some reason
EXTRA INFO
We are a system, please be patient if one or more of us is confused or doesn’t remember something said prior. Sometimes new members (fictives mostly) will drop in. Most of the time, they stay dormant, though.
Main Members:
Nyx - Host - She/They/Xe - Tends to be the one up front. Main artist of the group. Human looking thing.
Cosmo - Secondary Host - They/Them - The one who runs this blog. Cat-like alien critter who thrives on creativity and curiosity. The Pipe Wanderer.
Comet - She/Her - An optimistic Maine Coon. Tuxedo pattern with green eyes. Loves exploring and learning about the world.
Lumi - He/They/It - Tends to be anxious or worried about things, and acts like a warning when one of the others is about to do something dumb. Lunate Zale Moth, specifically an adult male. Loves stargazing and tea.
Incandescent - She/It - Can and will kick people’s ass if they’re messing with the system. Tends to stick to verbal intimidation, though, to keep the other members out of potential trouble. Rust colored deinonychus, mostly goes by Indie.
Heron - She/Her - Just wants everyone to be okay. Water dragon, and adores the ocean and waves in general. Tends to worry about relationships with others, especially if it’s a close friend or family member.
Xero - Xe/It - Tries to figure out how all of this works. Angel, but not in any religious sense. Very sweet, and tends to spend xyr free time helping out and solving problems.
Null - It/Its - Shapeshifting creature of shadows and darkness that dislikes being stuck in one form. Finds this human flesh suit restrictive. Writes poems to recount its experiences.
Static - It/They - An odd computer thing. Made to communicate with the satellites and telescopes, and the probes roaming the deep sea. Newest member. Still figuring this whole system thing out.
Seaglass - She/Her - Caretaker - Also goes by Mama, Mom, or Mama Seaglass. All other system members are her adoptive kids. Very sweet. Has a bit of a southern accent. Somehow.
Blue - any/all - Little - A little shark pup of a kid. Seaglass’s child. Scared of everyone outside the system. Likes snacks and soft blankets.
The Fictives - Changes with hyperfixations. Feel free to send an ask to check who’s hanging out.
Communities and Fandoms and Interests, oh my!
Furry
DOORS
Dandy’s World
Nova Drift
ULTRAKILL
Regretevator
Pressure
Marine Biology
Murder Drones
The Amazing Digital Circus
SCP Foundation
Wings of Fire
Dragon Puppets
Kandi
ƎNA: Dream BBQ
Grace
Delusional Office
Cryptids
Pokemon
Just Shapes And Beats
Flight Rising
Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion
+others I can’t remember off the top of my head
Tags:
#space rambles: general talking tag
#the pipe wanderer: engaging with moots
#spaceship terminal message: ask
#space cat does in fact draw: art
#cosmo lore: facts about me
#serious shit: heavier content
#spaceship travels: pictures from my adventures (NO LONGER USED)
System Specific Tags:
#the night speaks: Nyx
#the space cat: Cosmo
#the stray meows: Comet
#the moth flutters: Lumi
#the raptor roars: Indie
#the dragon flies: Heron
#the angel chirps: Xero
#the abyss calls: Null
#the computer clicks: Static
#the ocean whispers: Seaglass
#the shark swims: Blue
#null’s poems: you can probably figure this tag out on your own
#(insert name)posting: one of the fictives
Thank you for choosing to fly with me! Please put on your seatbelts while we’re leaving the local orbit- there will be turbulence. And most importantly, have fun!
Not because of the vet wrap, it's great stuff and I keep some at home myself for first aid purposes.
But because that colour is considered euthanasia green in a lot of vet clinics here including mine and we ONLY use it for animals we are euthanising. We will literally continue restraining a squirming dog or cat while someone restocks the drawer if we open it to find only the euthanasia green vet wrap than use this because we consider using it for a healthy patient to be a bad omen...
I think it's very important we never *see* anybody abstract in the whole series. We always follow the other characters as they *find* someone who's already abstracted off-screen. The closest we get is Jax nearly abstracting in her bedroom but notably that instance is interrupted when Pomni knocks on her door.
Abstraction always happens in solitude. It happens when someone is isolated and beyond hope, and then one day, you check on them, only to find they're already gone. The thing that remains isn't them anymore.
The suicide metaphor is... pretty apparent when you realize that.
Im going to hold your hand when I say this. It is not realistic to expect yourself or your family to be able to survive solely off of food you have foraged or grown in a garden. People with more knowledge and experience have tried and failed. What do you think happened to all of those communes in the 60s? Most of them failed. Famine and malnutrition have been constant companions to humanity until industrialized farming and food supply lines came along.
It feels like a uniquely American capitalist take to assume these traditions will make you completely self sufficient. You need a lot of people, a lot of time, a lot of knowledge across a lot of subjects, and a lot of luck to provide for everyone's nutritional needs.
So should you even bother trying to be more self sufficient with your food? I argue yes. Foraging and gardening are fun and will teach you so much about many things. They are deeply rewarding activities that can supplement your diet. There are herbs I haven't bought in years because I grow my own. There are dishes I can only make with foraged ingredients because I can't get them in stores.
You may not have the power to do everything, but that doesn't mean your efforts are wasted. Getting 5% of your nutritional needs from food you have grown or foraged, even for a season, is a massive accomplishment.
dude i don't normally like to dig at peoples fun i generally think people having fun is good but it is slightly disheartening when there's a really really good story about a strong platonic relationship and then the only thing the fans can do is ship the characters or worse make a crack ship with an unrelated character from another media because it's like they can't STAND a lack of romance in media like they absolutely must try to insert romance where it is absolutely not needed or relevant and honestly sours the story/media a lot more for me or they'll Die because they can't just be happy with a really good platonic relationship. it makes me very sad as a demiromantic girlie.
"Oh yeah, we have an outdoor Corgi, he just gets so bored cooped up inside all day. He knows to stay off the road. Don't worry, he's way too smart for coyotes and the neighbor's know to look out when they drive past."
"Us? Oh, of *course* our Dachshund sleeps inside- we just let him out in the morning and make sure he comes back for dinner. He just does his own thing, no worries."
"Um, you know it's not humane to keep a chihuahua confined to an apartment? They're dogs, they're natural predators. They need to experience hunting behaviors or they get depressed. No we don't leash ours, he absolutely hates it, we just let him come and go whenever."
Yall get how fucking stupid that sounds, right? So stop letting your goddamn cats get eaten and attacked and infected and hit by cars
A toddler would probably love full unattended access to the neighborhood too, but we don't do that either, do we
It's 2026, "keep your damn pet in a house or in your view" should not be controversial
So I saw some people remarking that they didn't understand why "liberals" are focusing on the disaster of the Reflecting Pool paint job, and ok so when you see stuff like that, I need you to remember we are dealing with a wannabe strongman. Anything that makes him look ineffectual, wasteful, and incredibly stupid-- you get that between your teeth and you don't let go. Especially *especially* when it involves laughing at him.
Also... it is funny. Except for the poor ducks, it's funny. Man lost a war to algae. His "American Flag Blue" is green and slimy and the paint is peeling off, and all before his big 4th of July show that no musicians want to play. It's funny. Point and laugh. That is fighting fascism, actually.
IT'S CALLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COMPASSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT EMPATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE WORD YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS COMPASSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem with studying the deep ocean is that humans need light to look at things, the depths of the ocean are extremely dark, and what lives there is accustomed to spending most of its time in that darkness. So when we go down there with submersibles and turn on Big Lights to see, we invariably and dramatically alter what's going on, in the same way that it's generally difficult to observe the natural behaviors of terrestrial animals if you whip out a megaphone and shout HEY GUYS WHAT ARE YOU DOING at them first.
I put this in the comments but feel it needs a reblog- Check out some of Dr Edith Widder’s work on light in the deep sea! Among other things, she used the bioluminescence of stoplight fish to deduce wavelengths which most deep sea animals can’t perceive and used that to create light filters to be able to film with minimal disturbance! And that’s how we got 25 minutes of giant squid footage!!!!
