Did you know that Gardenview developed a way to perfectly sustain food products without it spoiling, expiring, or needing to be canned? Well. They did it.
Introducing:
Fridges?™
Custom built and maintained freezers and fridges meticulously designed to forever put a "pause" in the state of food for whatever enter its. If its being powered. Once it runs out of ichor, time will continue as normal within the fridge. And if the fridge itself is being power by electricity, well you just have a fridge.
However, if the electricity dies before the ichor runs out. Hope you like room temperature food.
This technology has NOT left the mainland or has been pitched to the government by Delilah or Arthur, as the set up is too clunky, they would have to start shipping ichor around the world, and they just didn't want to.
Its been a while since ive done one of these show Analysis/Theories. HERE is one of them.
THIS IS MOSTLY JUST ME YAPPING! DON’T EXPECT CONSISTENT THOUGHTS. Be aware of that.
I think the case of Macaque’s powers in the show is super interesting, as he doesn’t appear to have any shadow related powers in the Journey To The West, only VERY FEW demons in the book have powers that could be interpreted that way, Macaque is not one of them. And given the… new development of his powers in season 5 I think it might be helpful to visit analyzing his powers in relation to the JTTW, in case something big is revealed.
Quick list, Here is text from the book that states his powers.
“The fourth is the Six-Eared Macaque[Liu’er mihou, 六耳獼猴] who has-
1. A sensitive ear,
2. Discernment of fundamental principles,
3. Knowledge of past and future,
4. And comprehension of all things.
These four kinds of monkeys are not classified in the ten categories [of life], nor are they contained in the names between Heaven and Earth. As I see the matter, that specious Wukong must be a six-eared macaque, for even if this monkey stands in one place, he can possess the knowledge of events a thousand miles away and whatever a man may say in that distance”
This is SO INTERESTING TO ME.
I’d like note that Macaque may not show the ability to directly hear the past and future within the show, he does exhibit other abilities he was stated having within the JTTW
First, “A sensitive ear” we see that in this scene in Season 3 Episode 8 Benched
Next, “Discernment of fundamental principles,” this one is up in the air. I can’t find any where that directly explains the text. And searching up ‘Fundamental principles, or discernment of fundamental principles, leads to all sorts of results. So for now Ill leave you with the google AI overview, because I don’t know how to turn that off..
Discernment of fundamental principles is the wisdom-based ability to look past surface-level details, emotions, or immediate consequences to identify the core, foundational truths, moral implications, or spiritual realities governing a situation. It involves sorting through complex, similar-looking options to distinguish good from better, or right from wrong.
All I can give for this one, is when Macaque used to try and reason with Wukong, For instance
“Look, Wukong, I get you’re excited. I do, but—Crossing the Jade Emperor is gonna have consequences and….you’re not listening..”
He also helps MK through his monkey problems and moral dilemma in season 4. BUT THIS IS A MAYBE. im not sure exactly what it means, IF YOU DO OR HAVE IDEAS PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!
“Knowledge of past and future,”
This one I have a less on but Macaque has referenced future events!! Here are some moments. This could be an ability, or just assumptions and observations, but most likely tied to his JTTW Powers, even if not directly. Or its too keep his mysterious vibe and personality…and serve the audience suspense.
“Something’s coming, something you’re not even close to ready for.” “You know this is just the calm before the storm…right?”
There is also these lines, which could possibly go with Discernment or Knowledge of past and future, still not sure. But it’s important to me. “Hey, You’re finally getting it! No matter what opinion it’s giving you, you’re always going to end up in the same spot.” Easily, Macaque could have felt this way if he heard the future, knowing whats going to happen, not what MIGHT happen.
“You were supposed to realize by now, that the choices the game is giving you aren’t the only choices you’ve got. Life isn’t some prewritten thing like a video game where you have to do what the tutorial says.” Like this! Macaque could have made different choice, he might have known what was going to happen, and didn’t try to divert it. But at the same time, that would feel like a plot hole…so ive been ignoring that possibility. I think this better fits with discernment.
“Point is, it’s time to start making your own choices. something I wish I learned a lot sooner than I did.” Unrelated to power, I think this is more likely about how Macaque kept following others, he followed Wukong even when he disagreed with him. And then followed the brotherhood when Wukong was gone, probably eventually going back to the mountain as we don’t see Macaque with them again in any flash backs.
I think this—if Macaque can actually hear the Past and Future—is very important. Because it would explain why he often tells Mk to “do something else” or “choose your own destiny” he can do something else besides what the future might be showing. ‘Destiny’ can be changed.
OH and when he realizes Li Jing is about to put another Circlet/fillet/pain crown on Wukong. But this is also easily dismissible as a wise assumption, or he just recognized the spell. Macaque is very smart.
“And comprehension of all things.”
This one I feel is easier to explain and show moments for. As Macaque does it often. But what I’m interpreting ‘Comprehension of all things’ means is this little explanation from the Buddha in The JTTW. “—even if this monkey stands in one place, he can possess the knowledge of events a thousand miles away and whatever a man may say in that distance.”
MACAQUE DOES THIS OFTEN. Excluding the compass that led him to the gang multiple times, there are countless times where Macaque just SHOWS UP, or knows where they are. Mainly in Season 3, like when he sends MK Directly to Mei and Red son. This definitely wasn’t just a lucky guess or accident.
He also brings the mayor right to them, once again, knowing where they are and what they were planning.
There is also when Macaque finds MK in season 4, though this could be excused for him being on the mountain, but HE DEFINITELY HEARD MK EITHER WAY.
Macaque alerting the Monkie Kids after sensing The brotherhood seconds before they arrive. Either ‘knowledge of future’ OR he can hear that far.
And in season 5 episode one when Wukong and Macaque bicker about MK, Wukong asked Macaque “If he found anything” I wish they expanded on that, I’m genuinely so intrigued. What EXACTLY was he looking for, and was it a mutual plan if Wukong was active in the investigation?
I know Macaque could not hear outside the Pagoda because he had NO CLUE what was happening in season 5. So thats a minus for knowledge of the future.
Its useful to know Macaque CAN hear far and wide, there is evidence and examples of this in canon, within the fandom there is a lot of widely accepted assumptions and headcanons.
It is honestly is so hard to know what was confirmed or shown in the show VS what was a theory or fanfic. Like ‘Glamours’ WHERE DID THAT COME FROM??? I know where the white fur and colored ears Headcanon for Macaque originated, but it’s so widely accepted that Macaque has Six ears with all those JTTW powers, AND for some reason shadow magic.
I wanted to make this post. Because we don’t ACTUALLY know if Macaque can hear the past and future, its a safe assumption, due to his JTTW powers but we never actually see or hear about it in Monkie Kid. All he ever says is ‘Six eared Macaque’ we never even see the SiX ears, we just assume they are there due to concept art, his lego figurine, and fanart. Its not a bad assumption, im just saying it’s not actually technically canon. So I like to make these posts where I can point out what does happen in canon to my own brain.
Ive ran out of room for screenshots so I might do a part 2 explaining his shadow powers, and copy powers. I could ramble about LMK all day, just ask me a question and I could make 13 of these 😭
The Soul Weaver is an ancient artifact of the Tombstone Kingdom and the one the King has sent many adventurers and mercenaries searching for. Including Cuburt and Co.
The Soul Weaver has the power to resurrect a seemingly unlimited number of people over a wide area. A fallen army could be brought back to life in an instant and completely turn the tide of a war. However, of course, this kind of thing doesn't exist with a cost.
For one, the gods themselves hate this thing. Anyone who has even dared to use it without the semblance of a justified reason are practically condemned for life. The only leeway for this is the fact that if you use it on ONE person with pure enough reason, they'll probably let it slide. Once.
Second, the caster wont be affected by the resurrection. Its the one who come back that face the consequences. Coming back from death in such a way takes a peace of the soul. At first, its just a small piece. An unnoticeable piece. But then it adds up with each death. And sooner or later, you're a husk of a creature, only alive to do the last thing you set your mind to.
Finally. Its not complete. There's a piece missing. Take a wild guess who has it.
Today is a special day, these in the pic are actually all of my mascots I've used and my current one! And there's no 2 foxes bonus cuz I'm lowk tired rn.
Lore: -Solari: goddess, creator of all of my ocs' worlds, uses Tsuki's body as a vessel to live like a normal person and tries to reach Tsuki's happy ending.
-Tsuki: a cat that was abused to death in past life, given the chance to revive as a cat girl and take revenge on her abusers, she's also a cannibal.
-Celeste: speaker of god (Solari), fortune teller that got replaced by technology cuz people thought they can see the future themselves without the help of her.
-Chi-Chiến: creations of goddess, not human, kinda immortal, they are literally 2 sides of the same person (they can fuse into one, their minds are link together) their memory is erased every centuries.
-Ciara Lunatic: goddess, the one who organize and keep all the worlds running smoothly.
Here to politely request your version of the Seeker Boys lore 🙏, if you feel so inclined as to share
[i got distracting doodling the sillies but i am /so/ inclined sdfnwifb]
So FIRST! we got Starscream! (youngest)
as you can see, he absolutely has his shit together :>
When it comes to his mentor Cryak, I tend to think of this fic by zeropro which i def recommend. After separated himself from her, he found himself enlisting in the Elite Guard of Vos. He quickly rose in the ranks, and met Thundercracker and Skywarp there, where the three rose up together as Starscream became the leader of the guard, much like in TF1. Overtime, the essentially police work, and monotonous servitude to the Primes got Starscream antsy. He didn't like how they were dismissed and given all the shit jobs the prissy higher ups didn't want. So, he decided to try and get into the Academy, since his time with Cryak had instilled an interest in such scientific endeavors. He managed to get in, juggling school and his work. He also met Skyfire of course (I wont delve too much into that part cuz it'd get p long-), aaaaand it was going great, with exhibitions to other planets in search of energon and possible settlements. But then on one to Urth back in da day, Skyfire was lost to the storm, and Starscream was forced to return without him despite his efforts. He was expelled from the school because of this on the basis of negligence essentially (they were itching for a reason to kick him out).
All that leads to when the next time he goes to a gladiator fight with warp and thunder to see the self proclaimed Megatron (prev D-16) in the ring as they often did, when Megs began his speech about how the system with the miners is screwed up, prejudice running rampant, and how shit needs to change: Starscream starts getting hella deep into that shit. Cuz he's pissed af now. He started meeting with megatron and openly supporting him as he was still the leader of the Elite Guard. Funding campaigns and giving information. This behavior got him flack from biches like Sentinel (more passive aggressive cuz that hoe had his own plans), and also the Primes, who were convinced that the system they had was necessary and tried to talk to him many times and when he tried to convince /them/ to change shit and set up mtgs for Megs, they wouldn't rlly listen (or their compromises were mediocre).
At that point in the lore, Megs and Star had an actually pretty good relationship for the most part. Even if Megs often prioritized Orion and their plans, and often would twist stars advice to make it sound like he had actually come up with it (Star brushed those things aside cuz he did admire Megatron and felt he had more right to organize this front from his background. His aft got gaslit and gaslit himself fr fr).
Star, Warp, and Thunder were generally on the same page then too. Warp hella down for usurping the government, and Thunder riding the high of his brothers' energy and wanting to support them.
Then, whole shit goes down of Sentinel and his accomplice assassinate the Primes (is framed as an accident and he tries to come back like oh yeah, I'm in charge now, so sad, much mourning). Starscream suspects it was bullshit, and he and Megatron plan to murder dat bich. Orion is against it of course, but follows them to continue to try and convince them to stop. How it ends, is Megatron gutting sentinel, and attempting to take the mattrix from him, but it denies him and chooses orion, which pisses him off. (detailing that would bleed more into Megs lore soo anyway-) Starscream was honestly like "wtf", and just follows Megatron out when Prime tells them to leave.
Then it goes into the war era, with Megatron rallying the Decepticons into a full ass force and announcing his plans to fuck shit up, and challenging Optimus. This is when Star and Meg's relationship starts going to shit. things get progressively worse and worse through the war, as Starscream is listened to less and less, and they get into fights often. This then starts reflecting onto his relationship with his brothers. At first, Starscream was decent at coming to them to rant or ask for assistance, but as Warp would show favoritism to Megs, and Thunder would tell him to just play it safe instead of starting fights, Starscream got more and more distant and bitter.
Oh! Also theres the fun Outlier factor where I imagine Star's is like super healing coded. Has a high ass damage threshold and very energy efficient (which can lead to him forgetting to fuel). The extreme end of this ability activates upon death, where his spark will hard deny separation and jumpstart his aft to life again and will try its best to heal his frame back to a functioning level. (which is rlly how he survived the shit that killed Skyfire) [bit about his optics]
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Then there's Thundercracker (middlechild-)
He didn't exactly have much of a Mentor, per say. He was onlined specifically for the Elite Guard, and was just guided by his superiors and expected to just figure it out and follow orders. He had his love for writing for a long time, and often uses it as a form of escapism. He also loves to critique movies and shit. Loves musicals-
He and Starscream actually initially bonded over this when Star had asked about it and showed interest, which not many others besides Skywarp had. Thunder would script-write little plays, and Starscream would always claim the lead role. Those were coveted nights in the prewar era for Thundercracker. Where they would practice, brainstorm improvements, screw around, and maybe have some high grade. It made him truly feel like he was a part of something, when so often before warp and star, he'd been alone in his passions just going along with the motions.
Thundercracker found the Gladiator fights, that Warp introduced them to, fascinating more than anything. He enjoyed the hype and community that came with it, although did find the premise unsettling. So when Starscream started working with Megatron, and the whole rising revolution shit, he was like, "oh yeah, that sounds cool". He honestly perceived it with more anime optics, tfe hashtag ass processor over here, as he thought the idea of rising up and bringing the world into a new age was awesome! He wasn't a fan of being "just" a seeker of the Guard, he wanted to be a famous writer, and he thought that whole thing could be the way to make that a reality.
Alas, it all went to shit. The war started, and he felt like everything was falling apart. Starscream had started to get more aggressive, and dismissive. Skywarp was all guns blazing for the blowing up everyone who stood in their way, but thundercracker just...didn't see how a war was going to fix things. he didn't understand why megs and orion fell out, and why optimus wasnt on their side. or why they were fighting instead of fixing things since it seemed like they had just gotten rid of their main obstacles.
Thunder became more disconnected himself as time went on. smothering himself in his art as much as he could. Maladaptive daydreaming for dayz baybe-- He's overall hella frustrated, and just wants things to get better, but doesn't know how, and is just back on the go with the flow grindset.
His tendency to disappear annoys the hek outta screamer. Especially when thunder doesnt tell him where tf he vanishes too when it comes to the Earth era (Thunder meets this human farmer fam, and constantly visits to hang out with their doge Buster.)
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last but not least, there be Skywarp (oldest)
Their Mentor was a scientist interested in researching Outliers. His earlier cycles were cooped up in labs, doing test after test after test. She hates that shit. Alot- Even joked at Starscream to "not become one of /those/ stiffs" when he'd gone to the Academy. When it came to joining the Elite Guard, it was a helluva an improvement to them, although adored any amount of freedom from the drab parts of the job by hanging with friends and trinemates. Adrenaline junkie and craves /all/ the stimulation.
They love graffiti, makeup/framepaint, and dancing. Would often do cover doodles for Thundercracker's stories, and helped choreograph shit. They /love/ drama, but only when it doesn't get too serious. They have fun with banter, brotherly ragging on each other, aaaand of course pranks. Theyre an absolute menace, but fiercely loyal to those they get close to (starscream would debate that fact when it comes to megatron-).
Skywarp was the first to introduce her bros to Gladiator lore Megatron. They idolize the guy, /heavily/. Which makes things difficult down the road when ol megs starts getting hella questionable, but they don't see it. They still view him the same way thru it all, and couldn't believe starscream's complaints as things deteriorated. Skywarps tendency to believe megs over star, ultimately is what starts driving them apart. Even if Skywarp still tries to bring them together again. They'll often try to rope star and thunder into their shenanigans, and petty schemes against the bots. Occasionally, it works. While others, he just gets an audial full about being immature.
Overall, they thrive in the chaos, but wishes the gang would get back together, and is hella salty about it. But being a silly goofy lad is the best coping mechanism lmao
Grottopaw - nonbinary - medicine cat apprentice | Grottoshade
Wheatkit - tom | Wheatstripe
Thornkit - she-cat | Thorntooth
Breezekit - tom | Breezewing
Dapplekit - tom | Dapplefur
Jaykit - she-cat | Jayshriek
Bearkit - she-cat | Bearheart
Fieldkit - she-cat | Fieldrunner
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Related cats:
Maplestar and Redfoot are cousins
Tallgrass and Fennelgrove are the sons of Crickettail
Lilymist, Cloudynight, and Magpieswoop are all Orchidbreeze’s children
Crowpaw and Wasppaw are Cloudynight’s children
Finchpaw was adopted by Redfoot
Thornkit, Wheatkit, and Breezekit are Lilymist and Tallgrass’s
Dapplekit and Jaykit are Snowmouse and Tallgrass’s
Bearkit and Fieldkit are Maplestar and Foxleap’s
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Maplestar is a newer leader, relatively young, and generally kind-hearted and gentle. When she rose to power, she elected her best friend Foxleap as her deputy.
While they have kits together, neither have any interest in a relationship with each other. Maplestar wanted kits but has no interest in romance, and Foxleap is more inclined towards toms- he has a relationship with a barn cat on the edge of their territory that Maplestar wholeheartedly supports. Foxleap helped fulfill Maplestar’s dreams because he values their friendship and wanted to see her happy, and he’s the one cat Maplestar trusts the most.
She named Fieldkit after the open fields that her and Foxleap would play in together as apprentices.
Foxleap leaves the clan to visit his lover as often as he can, and Maplestar is far too lenient with how often she lets him go.
Redfoot found Finchpaw as a kit, abandoned at the edge of a river left to die by two-legs. He raised her as his own with the assistance of Cloudynight. He cares for Finchpaw deeply, the two sharing an unbreakable bond.
Fennelgrove found Grottopaw while finding herbs, and no one is sure where they came from. Even Grottopaw had seemingly forgotten. He brought them back to the clan and they’ve been under Fennelgrove’s wing ever since, Grottopaw being named for the grotto they were found in.
Gingerroot was originally the clan’s medicine cat, but she was forced to retire early as her vision failed her and she lost her sense of smell. Grottopaw will often come to her to refresh their memory before a test, and she is the only cat Fennelgrove gives respect to.
Snowmouse was originally a kitty pet, but after meeting Tallgrass on a few of his patrols he coaxed her to join the clan. Maplestar was happy to accept her, as she found Snowmouse’s personality very agreeable.
Magpieswoop is Crowpaw’s mentor. They aren’t a terribly notable pair, Magpieswoop is simply tasked with grounding Crowpaw more in reality. Crowpaw often has a care-free and too optimistic view of the world.
Spiderfang is Finchpaw’s mentor, their personalities mirror each other. Brave and spirited, Maplestar thought they’d be the perfect fit. Though Redfoot wanted to be her mentor, Maplestar and him agreed that he would pass her too easily.
Tallgrass is Wasppaw’s mentor- a fact which Wasppaw hates. Tallgrass is rather laidback and coolheaded, something she only sees as lazy. Maplestar put Wasppaw with Tallgrass in the hopes that he’d help her mellow out.
Jaykit got her name for her being ceaselessly noisy, and as she grows up she only grows more loud and boisterous- gaining the name Jayshriek when she becomes a warrior to reflect that.
Thornkit got her name after she almost immediately bit Tallgrass when he first met her. Her warrior name Thorntooth also reflects this old habit of hers.
Cloudynight and Spiderfang have a sort of mutual pining thing going on. Cloudynight has a very clear crush on her, but Spiderfang is horribly oblivious and in a lot of denial about it. Cloudynight nicked her own ear to match Spiderfang after she was injured.
And that’s about all of the silly lore I came up with, if you read all the way through this, uhhh, congrats! Hope you enjoyed the gay cats :3
Idk if I’ll draw more of these guys or not, but I might draw Foxleap and his boyfriend! We’ll see
I made pAInter irl tee hee (not pictured, but I did make him a tiny turret so he can continue to paint the walls ❤️)
pAInter more like PAINter because haha. My heart. Ohhhh my heart it hurts
He resides on top of my closet with some string lights because he deserves it. Also rant time now because it’s 2 am which is rant time. (DONT READ AFTER THIS IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS TO THE NEW ENDING)
I completely forgive this thing for killing me with turrets even that one time where it killed my damageless run because OH MY GODDDDDD WHHHYYYYYYY did the button say rescue. That was. Beyond evil. Aaaaaa…. My utter shock while I “rescued him” blindly not knowing I was gonna quite literally murder my boy is.. so horrible.. also the voice lines he and Sebastian have over the walkie talkies help?? They’re just friends trying to escape,,, and pAInter talks like it’s just business and Seb is like “well I kinda like having ya around” LIKE AWW. The thing is like they have other voicelines in the game of seb screaming over pAInters “corpse”, if you will, and like………,,,,, STOP I CANT TAKE IT IM SORRY FOR KILLING HIM OKAY WAHHH 😓😓😢😢😢
That shit had my eyes watering like I’m sorry but the shock.
Alsooooo guess what I heard the update has not one not two but FOUR PARTS TO IT!?!? If we got this much lore in one part I’m quite literally going to explode with the others ohhhh myyy goddddd unless the other ones are smaller which is fine ofc cause like all this lore already is so yum 😋
I’m theorizing we may get a better idea of what Mr Lopee is all about (even though BOTH the new ending cutscenes prove what game theory was saying lowk,,,,) 🕴️🕴️
2 am is getting to me I forgot what else I was gonna type um but thanks for reading I hope you liked my cardboard pAInter lmao!!
(Someone actually stop me because I’m obsessing over this game too hard. Other people may have had a separate SCP and Doors phase but Pressure combines those so I’m like doubly obsessed… also it has some of my worst fears in it so it makes it an overall better horror game for me hehe ((submechaniphobia, claustrophobia, trypophobia kinda, dilapidated buildings, and general darkness underwater))
((((Lowk never liked a game this much that I keep coming back to it. ITS BEEN A YEAR…….,,,))))) also sorry for the background the best I had was a Home Depot box on my bed?? 😭😭
Um wait what if I make him Scag from Regretevator so he can have a friend OH MY WAIT
