#sierra rambles

[catboybiologist]

Okay. So. Important thoughts on anteaters.

There are 4 extant species of anteater.

3 of them, the silky anteater and the two Tamandua species, are tree anteaters. And like yeah. You look at that thing and it's like y'know what. That actually makes sense in your head. Like of course they look weird, but their entire body structure is for arboreal living. They've got bodies that curve and arch for flexibility, claws that curve around branches, and a prehensile tail. And we're used to seeing funky lil arboreal guys. So the snoot just curves with the body. It's part of the general "loop" their body plans form. Like here's a pic of a Northern Tamandua from wikipedia:

You see this thing, a tree anteater, and your brain is like Ah Yes. This is That Thing. The Kind Of Thing that is similar to monkeys and squirrels and possums and civets. Head is funky, a particularly funky version of it, but entire body is muscle noodle. For trees. Muscle noodles live in trees. Your brain KNOWS it's a funky thing. But it's a kind of funkiness that it's already been trained to handle. Your brain sees the loopy body and is like yes. Loopy body? Loopy head make sense with loopy body. This is Forest Creature. Is meat noodle. We're good here 👍

Now. The Giant Anteater is the only living species of ground anteater. It is also, as it's name suggests, the largest extant anteater by FAR. So it's a stocky guy. Sturdy frame. Got some heft in the step. A proper beast.

So ya see this thing. And your brain takes in the beast. You first register its frame, its gait, its bod. And you're seeing this:

And your brain loves this. It's like. Ah yes. Classic. I know this one. This is a Ground Beast. This is a blocky, stocky Ground Beast. Big Ground Beast have Big Ground Beast features. Will naturally follow from build. Large bushy tail is neato too. Got some interesting feet on it but that's how Big Ground Beast works sometimes. Big Ground Beast have Big Ground Beast blocky head. I, your brain, will settle into an adequate expectation that it is Big Ground Beast through and through, which is Normal Thing. This is what I know. It is an image that invokes the deer and pig and cow and buffalo and antelope. I am left defenseless. I am not expecting funkiness. I am not expecting noodle. Big Ground Beast have Chunky Head.

And then. And THEN. Your neurons spin. Your brain quivers. Your seeing bits have finally fully conveyed the relevant information to the thinking bits. And you are flummoxed. Flabbergasted. BLINDSIDED. For the Big Ground Beast does NOT have Big Ground Beast Head after all. This beast has been revealed to your cortex, fully absorbed, and shown itself, to have:

The. Absolute. SNOUT of it all. The taper. The vwoooooooop. The TUBE of it all. A head so tiny, yet so very, VERY long. You let your guard down. You let your expectations fill in the gaps. You set yourself up. And now, the Ground Beast has smacked you right upside the human tendency to drive patterns, whacking you from great distance with a snoot the length of Chile.

You lay defeated. Flummoxed. Dumbfounded. Perplexed. You were unprepared. And the Giant Anteater, the noble denizen of Neotropic forest floors and grasslands, has bested you.

Images from:

Northern tamandua - Wikipedia

[silvermistcosmos]

I feel like I need to write some fics on strong girl nam soon!!! Would anybody read it?

[just-a-fangirl7]

Watching Doof's plot in Magic Carpet Ride makes me genuinely so sad because, like, he worked so hard on this painting he knew may only come once in a lifetime for him and he's so excited that he managed to finish it that the first, the very first person he tells is Roger.

Like bro, BRO. BROBROBROBROOO. This implies that, since it's shown that Roger and Doof didn't get along as kids, they may have reconciled at some point after high school, which that thought just gives me so much happiness and is my only Canon for their relationship now. Thank you. He goes to immediately find his baby brother and drag him along to see this thing he's created. ANd Roger is eating his lunch but like he wants to support his brother, who's never gotten any kind of support or love from their parents, because he loves him.

AND THEN THEY GET TO DOOF'S STUDIO OR WHATEVER...

And listen, this is important. I hate pretty much every time that Roger is on screen BUT this one plot is something I will always cherish of him.

And it looks like Doof accidentally pushes him a little too hard into the room, so JUST MAYBE Roger didn't spill the food onto the painting of his own volition.

Doof is mad, of course he is, it's his young adult life's work. He swears, SOLEMNLY swears, no less, that Roger will pay for it. That day finally comes in the episode mentioned. Magic Carpet Ride. Roger's painting, now his own two decade effort, will be destroyed in mere seconds. A fair price to pay for potentially ruining a better life for Doof.

BUT LIKE... THE REVEAL BRO. IT HURTS ME.

Roger: You see, the greatest painting I ever saw was made by my brother Heinz.

Doofenshmirtz: You'd better believe it! Art killer.

Roger: And I, in an extraordinary act of clumsiness, destroyed it, denying him the accolades he so greatly deserved.

Doofenshmirtz: And here comes the payback...!

Roger: And that's why I've spent the last two decades restoring it to its former glory.

Doofenshmirtz: What? Huh, what? (rapidly pressing the remote) No no! No no! No no no no... OH NOOOOOO!!!!

Roger: Ladies and gentlemen, (removes the cover from the painting) my brother's painting! (a purple stain ball immediately hits the painting)

BRO. So many things. First of all, just genuine appreciation for his brother and his creation. He still loves his brother enough to spend long nights painstakingly recreating it. Sure, it's very plausible that when he initially wanted to repay the favour, he didn't realize it'd take so long and only kept going cause he felt obligated at that point. Seems like him.

But he still DOES finish it.

And then Roger blames himself, an act of clumsiness from him wrecked the painting. Now, I may be wrong when I say that I think Doof pushed him a little too hard but I'm not sure. What my point is though, is that regardless of whether it was Roger tripping or not, if he was, tripping is very hard to recover from. Especially while holding food, as a klutz I can say from experience. And also he's like, "My brother deserved praises and fame from this painting and I accidentally ruined it." So clearly he knows his brother is talented.

Now Doof's reaction as Roger says that he's spent TWENTY YEARS restoring the painting to its former glory, panic sets in and it has this amazing way of drowning you in that tension. He desperately tries to save the one piece of proof that Roger genuinely loves and cares for him. Acknowledging a mistake from so long ago, praising his brother in front of this crowd of people. It's too late for anything to be taken back now though. As the tarp falls from the canvas, you feel so much dread as Roger presents the painting, only to see purple splatter all over it.

Heartbreak.

I just... It breaks my heart, man. I love the dynamic I've created in my head over the course of the like half an hour I've used to try and phrase my thoughts coherently.

In conclusion, more wholesome mid twenties Roger and Heinz pls. I need it.

[sorenlionheart]

Ppl are saying it feels like connie is forced into being a main character and im like

Pal have u even been watching the show

[tobiologist]

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[ginasfz]

i never mentioned it on here but I got a fob tattoo a couple months ago. yep. it was on a whim and it’s just the little volcano (yes it’s a volcano) logo.

im also pretty set on getting an ioh inspired piece and im seriously considering getting a portrait of patrick at some point, probably in either blackwork or neotrad style. i think that would be p cool.

thats all. thanks. :)

[deanlaurentis]

i’m sad and i’ll tell you why.

i’m sad that i see so much negativity in this fandom. i’m sad that people can’t share their opinions without getting hijacked or torn apart. i’m sad that people go on anonymous and say cruel things to people that are so sweet. i’m sad that a show that makes people happy is now making them sad.

i haven’t clearly voiced an opinion in months because the last time i did i got rocked with anon hate and cruel messages. why is that happening? we’re all here enjoying the same show, we are a community. yet we are divided. let me clarify and say it is 100% okay to have different opinions, but it is not okay to put down someone deliberately. on top of this, i feel as if you are not on board with a major thing then you are outcasted, irrelevant. and that isn’t right.

i rule my on and off thought to delete due to this. i’m trying of seeing hatred. some days it gets too much, then other days this place makes me so happy. i have met so many lovely people and i don’t want to lose them. so please, can we spread positivty and be nice to each other? look out for one another, do better.

[silvermistcosmos]

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