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[terkmc]

Self-Embodiment of Perfection

Was looking up what Mahito Domain was called originally when the idea struck

Jihei Endonka

Jihei meaning a state of isolation, literally self closed

Endonk/Endonkai being a state of immediate enlightenment (Buddhist)

Opera. whose self-image is constructed of only self-observation and self-knowledge, has total dominion over the self, thus can freely remould her self-image to embody her image of the ideal Opera, achieving self-embodiment of perfection.

[eggtempest]

weeeeiiii

[frontmansdefender]

RIP to the legend

[silvermoon424]

This goose fucking rocks and had a crazy life!

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

Before and after his death, Thomas has been celebrated as an icon of the LGBTQ+ community for obvious reasons.

[mousidy]

insane how many of you will just assume that a trans woman has a penis, and that it wouldn't be something she might have any dysphoria about

[mousidy]

[not-freyja]

Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:

Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need

The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to

You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking

No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)

Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.

Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!

Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.

This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.

[lysimachias]

ok sorry one more Kisarapost and then i'll throw my computer into the sea

but, you really can't separate Kisara and the Blue Eyes White Dragon. The whole thing with Kisara is that her ka is atypical; her ka and ba are both the White Dragon. This is why it can only be summoned when she's unconscious, because it is literally her consciousness.

This is why I use "Kisara" and "BEWD" interchangeably in a way I wouldn't do for, say, Mahaad and the Dark Magician. In YGO's worldbuilding as it pertains to Ancient Egyptian beliefs, people like Mahaad will have a ka that corresponds to whatever monster represents them. The ka is one's "life force," and actually it's normal for the ka to separate from the rest of the soul after death. The ba is one's personality, or what makes their 'self' unique. So while you can separate Mahaad and his personality/self from the Dark Magician, you can't do the same for Kisara and BEWD.

There's lots of interesting thematic stuff to dig into here with Kaiba (how Kisara and Seto both relate to the concepts of humanity vs. monstrousness, how that ties into power vs. inclusion vs. acceptance, etc.) and with death in general. Kisara's death is in fact a reunion and actualization, which is closer to the real Egyptian beliefs around what happened to the soul - the ka and ba were supposed to reunite after death to form the akh. This is also why I don't think Kisara being "fridged" in the narrative is the only interpretation. She's onscreen all the time and communicates with Seto frequently! If you can reconcile a giant swag ass lizard with a pretty waifish anime girl and hold them in your head as the same thing.

(Do I ship them? Well, yes, no, in a mutually destructive and beautifully transformative and fucked up and undefinable way that doesn't have need of a strict platonic/romantic dichotomy. You know. just a guy and the absolutely fucking massive unholy creature he perceives as 'his' because he can't make sense of his feelings in any way other than ownership, but actually she's the one stalking him through millennia and dimensions, so maybe he's the one who got owned. #justdragonthings)

[lysimachias]

broke: Seto/Kisara is boring because Kisara is barely a character

woke: Seto/Kisara is thematically fascinating when you throw in a dash of Egyptology and reframe the BEWD as Kisara's actual 'self'

bespoke: Seto/Kisara is problematic because it's a millennia old dragon manifesting her influence over the remnants of Priest Set in a 16 year old boy's spirit and enabling his destructive obsession with victory and power

[juste-a-mangas-fan]

@deathandnonexistentialdread

Have you seen this ??

[papayafromtv]

honestly the whole deal of the batboys dressing up as each other for JLA business is, objectively, supremely funnier if their identities aren’t even hidden anymore. they don't need to fill in for each other, the kids just like annoying everyone. they'll swap outfits and lie whenever they can, just to see how long they can go before one of them gets caught out. they'll always get found in the oddest moments and it never fails to piss off everybody else at the Watchtower.

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Wonder Woman: -oh, and thank you to Red Robin for that piece of insight you gave us last week, it was very helpful.

Damian dressed up as Tim, has no idea what she's talking about: ....no worries.

Aquaman: oh i wasn't here last week, what did you say?

Red Robin:

Red Robin: ....if you... sprinkle cinnamon on your window-ledges, then spiders aren't as likely to come into your house...?

Aquaman:

Wonder Woman:

Woman Woman: i was referring to the fact that you checked our suspect list and absolved Leonard Woodgate from suspicion due to his documented presence in Gotham during the incident.

Red Robin:

Red Robin: ah.

Wonder Woman, glaring at him: Damian.

Red Robin: fuck.

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*Nightwing, on his phone at the meeting table*

Green Lantern: hey, Dick, can you pass me my coffee?

Nightwing: *doesn't glance over*

Green Lantern: Dick.

Green Lantern: Diiiick?

Green Lantern: RICHARD? DICK???

Batman walking in: you called me?

Green Lantern, looking between them: w- oh for fucks sake- WHERE'S BRUCE?

Dick as Batman, shrugging: honestly i didn't even ask- hey, Tim, where's B?

Nightwing: *still doesn't look up*

Red Hood, showing up in the doorway: did you say my name?

Dick as Batman, now also slightly confused: ...oh is Jason me today?

Jason as Nightwing, finally looking up: oh- sorry, what? completely zoned out there.

Tim as Red Hood: yeah man, i'm Jason, Jason's you, and you're B while he's at the dentist.

Dick: ...huh.

Green Lantern: IF YOU CAN'T TELL HOW THE FUCK ARE WE SUPPOSED TO?!

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Robin, walking into the room: i'm here, are we starting the meeting soon?

*The rest of the league not giving him a second look*

Superman: ah, hello Damian. yes, sit down, we're starting soon.

Robin:

Robin:

Tim as Robin, angrily: oh fuck off- I AM NOT SHORT ENOUGH TO PASS AS DAMIAN.

The JL:

Damian as Red Robin, walking into the room and muttering under his breath: told you, you loser.

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bonus:

*Red Hood, pouring himself a coffee in the Watchtower kitchen*

Arsenal, coming up behind him and pinching Hood's ass: hey sexy, you coming to mine after this thing or am i coming to yours? we went to mine last time, but i dunno the weather in Gotham this week, so your choice.

Red Hood:

Red Hood:

Arsenal: what?

Dick as Red Hood: this cannot fucking be how i find out you're fucking my little brother, Roy.

Arsenal:

Arsenal: are you fucking- STOP DOING THIS.

Jason as Batman, walking into the room and looking at them for a second:

Jason as Batman: please tell me-

Dick: you treat my fucking brother with respect, Harper.

Jason as Batman: *loses his shit*

Arsenal, staring at the ground chastised, as Batman cries from laughter on the floor across the room: ...yes Richard. I will.

[randomanimaloftheday]

Day 356#: Thai Micro Crab

Today's animal of the day is the Thai Micro Crab (Limnopilos naiyanetri)!

Photo credit: superiorshrimpaquatics.com

This tiny species of freshwater crab is endemic to the Tha Chin River in Thailand and is extremely rare. They are extremely small, with their carapaces only having a width of about 1 cm and their leg span reaching only about 2.5 cm. They are a semi-translucent grayish-brown color, which, paired with their small size, makes them extremely difficult to spot in the wild. Because of this, the species wasn't even formally described until 1991. Even now, they are very rarely observed in the wild, and so not much is known about this species.

Photo credit: Sean Murray

The original specimens were found clinging to the roots of some water hyacinths, so it's possible that they use these plants as shelter. They are most active at night, which only makes it harder to locate them, and their diet seems to consist mostly of aquatic plants, moss, and little pieces of detritus. It's possible that they also feed on aquatic insect larvae when given the chance, but this hasn't been observed in the wild. These crabs have become fairly popular in the aquarium hobby, though they remain quite rare since no one has figured out how to get them to breed in captivity, so they all have to be imported from the wild.

[bedrock-to-buildheight]

The Monument to the laboratory mouse is a sculpture that commemorates the sacrifice of the mice in genetic research used to understand biological and physiological mechanisms for developing new drugs and curing of diseases.

[randomanimaloftheday]

Day 355#: Boddaert's Tropical Racer

Today's animal of the day is Boddaert's Tropical Racer (Mastigodryas boddaerti)!

Photo credit: Esteban Alzate

This species of snake is a member of the Colubrid family and can be found in the tropical forests of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Venezuela. From their snout to their vent (so not including their tails), they can reach lengths of around 3 ft 7 in and are mostly brown with very faint bands that are a different shade of brown, a light tan stripe that runs laterally down their bodies, tan underbellies, and grayish markings on their throats. Juveniles have much more distinct bands as well as white throats with dark brown spots. They are named after Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert.

Photo credit: Vincent A. Vos

These snakes are most active during the day and usually stay close to the ground, but they will sometimes climb into low-growing bushes and shrubs. Their preferred prey is lizards; however, they've also been known to eat small rodents, baby birds, and frogs. Like other snakes in the genus Mastigodryas (as well as some other Colubrids), Boddaert's tropical racer possesses a Duvernoy's gland. This gland is named after French zoologist Georges Louis Duvernoy and is located near the back of the eyes. The exact purpose of this gland is currently not known since it does produce venom, but it is distinct from the main venom gland. Some scientists believe that this gland may be a very primitive version of a venom gland, while others think it may play a role in helping the snakes swallow/digest their food.

[animusbell]

celestia is such a funny character like she's constantly manipulating twilight and friends to do shit instead of just asking and you could arguably frame that as being bc she's a "god" and pushing fate to her design or whatever, except that she engages with the group like a normal and relatable person, which makes it more like villainous machinations, except 90% of this manipulation goes towards things like "I don't want my party to be boring shit again. put my little country girl blorbos in there with zero prep so they fuck it up bad"

[animusbell]

you think you've fucked anything up around princess celestia and she's like heh. no worries. all according to keikaku

[jukashi]

Celestia instantly makes more sense as a character when you ignore the princess stuff and remember that she's a 1000+ years old wizard. Of course she does manipulative trickster stuff to teach moral lessons and/or cause chaos to amuse herself, that's classic wizard behavior. Of course sometimes she's actually socially awkward and bad at personal relationships and has bad ideas that she thought were good that result in her eating shit embarrassing style, that's classic wizard behavior. Of course she lets the aristocrats and nobles run around being assholes she's still running on wizard advisor programming, she's basically trying to merlin the entire upper class of equestria instead of just a king and some knights. "Yeah uuhhh we'll release the incarnation of chaos himself from his ancient prison because we think this shy girl can be friends with him", terrible plan if you're thinking like a ruler, amazing plan if you're thinking like a wizard. Just look at Canterlot 'Castle' for five seconds and ask yourself if that's in any way a castle. No. Wizard tower, yes. Wizard.

[animusbell]

You are so right actually

[star-mom-selkie]

happy pride month

[fieldexplores]

Help Me - Gator Days

[theminotaursmanual]

by Laerte Coutinho

[las-lus]

btw this is laerte. She is 73 now! Making art and being happy! It's never too late to transition

[da-janela-lateral]

Outdoor cat owners have no concept of basic ecology and it shows. "You're saying my kitty is EVIL for following its instincts???????" obviously not, you idiot, its an animal. I don't blame it because it is designed to hunt and doesn't understand human morality. The cat's human owner, though, should stop pretending that millions of people letting their pets hunt native species for fun WON'T make their ecossystem collapse. If you stop hearing birdsong in your neighborhood its your fault 👍.

[da-janela-lateral]

Also cats are domestic animals????? Its your pet. Its your responsability to take care of it and it certainly doesn't look like you are doing this if your pet spends 90% of the day on the streets. Outside cats are in great risk for being ran over, stolen, beaten, poisoned, mauled or eaten by wild animals. A mildly bored cat is way better than a dead one and besides? Just offer your pet enrichment. You don't need to risk its life to keep it happy. You can even let it outside with supervision!! Look how many options we have. Insisting the only way to keep your cat happy is allowing it to wreck the environment and possibly die is not only fucking irresponsible, but also lazy and shows that you don't really care for the wildlife around you.

[seven-homosexual-dinosaurs]

The Mejiros and their love interests are so awesome to me because NONE of the love interests are like. who you’d expect the rich classy prim and proper girls to be with. Looking at all of them individually you could assume their date is the outcast at the family function if you didn’t know all of them were like that

Who’s with McQueen, the perfect Mejiro, the epitome of grace? Her rival is the cocky, attention seeking brat of a racer who cleans up pretty well in a tux but will complain about it the entire time. The girl whos obsessed with her likes to swap out sea urchin spins with chestnut shells and regularly kidnaps people to go on marine adventures

What about Dober, the cool and strong hearted girl with a hidden artistic side? Well you see, there’s this himejoshi who loves umamusume more than anything in the world and has a passion for rpf who keysmashes verbally in conversation

How about Ardan, the kind and classy gentlelady with a frail constitution and a powerful will? Well her roommate is this dog coded airhead who collects stickers and likes making up sayings that don’t really make sense to anyone but her and she cannot pick up on subtext to save her life

Well what about Ryan? Her working class roommate who’s seen as an older sister by about seventy percent of the school and is actively juggling like six part time jobs

Palmer? Zoomer best friend with skibidi lingo who likes to dj and is pining endlessly over another rich girl

Bright? She’s mostly doing her own thing tbh

And Ramonu, the first ever triple tiara winner, the mysterious and aloof beauty, the Mejiro all others look up to as an ideal noblelady?

Well she likes racing mostly

[foxes-in-love]