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curlicuecal · 2 years

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Halloween papercraft of this gorgeous artwork by @catadromously. I love the idea of chickens holding a seance and accidentally summoning their dinosaur ancestor.

Have to confess, I got an hour into those little feather and bone details and seriously reconsidered all my life choices, but I am so happy with how it turned out. <3

Thanks again to catadromously for permission!

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#used my cellphone camera instead of digging out my proper camera this time #so hopefully the image quality is still ok :3 #catadromously #papercraft #dinosaurs #seance #chickens #ccpapercraft #1k

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aurpiment · 11 months

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found that new fill out your ship meme. may I predictably ask about the tent-sharing blorbos

On it! This was hard. I’m still not sure about some of the template traits. The charismatic/popular tickbox was tricky because Estraven has a profound charisma, and this sense of authority that radiates from him, in Genly’s words, like the warmth of the sun, and he has a broad network of friends, but he also becomes quite unpopular, canonically! I feel like Genly is more broadly Likeable and easy to get along with.

Also, I’ve cheated in calculating Genly’s age here. Using the distance between Gethen and Ollul from the short story Winter’s King, he is indeed 26. But going by the book, he’s 33. That’s a seven year difference, which is pretty big, but he feels so young and foolish in the book (I say that because I’m also 26 and I feel pretty young and foolish myself!) plus, from looking at him, Estraven is convinced he’s not yet thirty.

I’ve given them a full foot of height difference because Genly says Estraven is a head shorter than him. But he might be exaggerating, since in context he’s pretty galled by what he sees as Estraven’s patronizing.

Also the party animal <- -> homebody spectrum was tricky. I think there are no Le Guin characters in the Hainish cycle you could imagine enjoying a rave, (except maybe Solly Agat Terwa, Olleroo, and Falk/Ramarren’s newphewish guy whose name escapes me), but at the same time Genly and Estraven both have the social chops to do really well at a party. Though we DO see them have a quiet night in together pretty early in the book, if you count that dinner conversation at Estraven’s. Much to think about!

Then the silver tongue to pottymouth spectrum was tricky. I think of silver tongue as eloquence, in which case Estraven is the most eloquent, but if we’re taking it as likeliness to swear, I can’t imagine Genly saying anything much worse than “damn.” I can, however, imagine Estraven dropping an expletive in Karhidish thanks to that one text post where someone took a while to realize that the words at the heading of his diary entries were days and months rather than swears. I adore the idea of Estraven saying things Genly is too coy to translate… but I don’t know that he would swear that much, so I’ve put them both down as predominantly non-swearers.

Also in terms of expressing affection, I think Genly is way likelier to say “I love you” and Estraven is way likelier to use an affectionate caress. I don’t think Estraven would verbally express love till way into the relationship. I think he’d wait so long that Genly would worry a little.

For the Usual Impression graph I’m still not sure how to interpret the parameters. So in words: Genly comes off as a big softie at first and then Gethenians realize that as an alien he’s sort of existentially terrifying. Estraven on the other hand can come off as a little intimidating at first and then people realize he’s profoundly trustworthy.

I love that this template asks you to rate them on the big Five personality traits. As you can see, Estraven is maxed out on openness to experience :)

#mt #the left hand of darkness #asks #catadromously #tlhod

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ruthlesslistener · 1 year

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ok so with what i know about irl spider courtship and relations i think that the core gender stereotype/ideal in Deepnest would be that the physically stronger ladies take on a calm, reserved, in-control warrior persona while the smaller males are the passionate and boisterous ones. this makes your Herrah read extremely butch to me. i love it

op i know you sent this in early october of 2022 but please know that i am obsessed with this concept and have been rotating it in my mind since you first sent it in. Extremely butch Herrah is a blessing and I absolutely adore that read on spider genders so much, thank you for your outstanding service with these headcanons

#BIG TRANS BI BUTCH HERRAH FUCK YESSSSSSS #catadromously #thats such a cool read on deepnest/spider gender roles im eating those #hollow knight #herrah the beast #hollow knight headcanons

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mendedserpent · 1 year

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WAIT just a second is your lhod tag ARCH??? HELLO??!?!?! AUGH

YEAH LMAO it’s that bc 1) I kept forgetting what variation of “lhod” my tag was and thought this would be easier and bc 2) arch :’(

#ari.txt #thanks for this. such a huge fan of ur art and comics btw!!!#catadromously #answered #arch

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tolkiengenweek · 2 years

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TOLKIEN GEN WEEK 2022

DAY FIVE: Culture ● Diversity ● Traditions From the Noldor of Tirion to the Men of Rhûn to the Dwarves of the Orocarni and beyond, Tolkien created many distinct societies and cultures—but often didn’t tell us much about them! How do these cultures differ from one another and interact with each other? What political, religious, economic, and social structures exist? How do different places view disability, orientation, gender, race, and other points of diversity? What traditions do they pass down from generation to generation, and how did they evolve? This is a day to consider the factors of society on the lives of your favorite characters.

These prompts are optional, and we are open to any gen content whether or not you stick to our suggestions!

Please tag your posts with #tolkiengenweek AND @ mention this blog @tolkiengenweek so they can be easily found. If your submission turns into a long post, please put what you can beneath a “Keep reading” divider. If you are posting your submission to AO3, you can add it to the event collection here.

Mobile links are accessible here.

Art in the promo banner is by @catadromously.

#tolkiengenweek #tolkienedit #day 5 #2022 #culture #diversity #tradition #mod post #catadromously

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quixoticanarchy · 2 years

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🛌?

🛌 What keeps you awake at night?

Any kind of overthinking really... any flavor of anxiety and current events does the job but so does being excessively happy about something. Main cause of being too keyed up to sleep is always Thoughts

#the best antidote is running through finrod lyrics though. pretty high rate of success at calming down #thank you! :))#catadromously #ask game

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justconstantly · 2 years

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😫?

a car hurtling down the freeway, folk punk playing full volume with the windows down

#catadromously #ask

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indigosepiacarmine · 7 months

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a love letter to the fragility and resiliency of all the wild creatures of the forest, set to black pear tree by the mountain goats

physical copies available at my store

#mah ert #zines #comics #tmg #the mountain goats #black pear tree #thank you to all the artists who draw beautiful pictures and write beautiful words #who think deeply about the inner lives of wild things #and who through their art encourage others to do the same #(special shoutout to catadromously and falseknees)

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sitting-on-me-bum · 11 months

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As catadromous creatures, European and American eels spawn in marine waters and then swim to fresh water—like this wetland in England—to live.

Photo by Neil Aldridge/Minden Pictures

#neil aldridge #photographer #minden pictures #catadromous creature #european eel #american eel #england #animal #nature

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staff · 8 months

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Tumblr Tuesday: Mole Interest

*Snufflethudgethurgsnorgesnuffle* Move aside, vanilla extract. Mole interest, comin' through. Thanks to all the mole artists and especially to @sabertoothwalrus for the fun little enrichment to our enclosures this week. Let's dig into it!

@aces-and-anime:

@catadromously:

@chicken-mc-nuggets:

@esther-jester:

@frippp:

@tumblestones:

@leftysage:

@nqsoa:

@electricpez:

@guardianspirits13:

@m1lk-ch3rry:

@hyperkittyjkat:

@nathanielthecurious:

@doctorbunny:

@sleepingjuliette:

@cottelini:

@jaz-stories:

@teoceearts:

@possumofthedead:

@neosatsuma:

#tumblr tuesday #mole interest #we have a mole!#mole art #artists on tumblr #moles #creechures #worms #gif #long post

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lucidloving · 5 months

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Mieko Kawakami, Heaven // Langston Hughes, Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings // Madeline Miller, Circe // Bob Ross // Cameron Awkward-Rich, "Meditations in an Emergency" // Mary Oliver, "For Example" // @catadromously // J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers // Maria Hornbascher, Waiting // @catadromously

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jumping-jackalope · 9 months

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Nathan Pfeifer // @lotshusband on the sea // swimming Sitka Black Tailed Deer by Robb Lansdowne // @catadromously, "explain how tide pools work?" // Bharath M by Rishi Raj for Vogue India // @coprinellus-cluster riverbeds // Andrew Wyeth, The Carry // photography by Lloyd Meudell, analysis by @fuckyeahfluiddynamics

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water theory part 2 [part 1]

#water theory #aka. blog thesis #hope its okay to tag!#the concept of a loving ocean is very dear to me now <3 #and i think aboit the ''explaining things in simple words'' all the time #and riverbeds. yeah. yes. exactly.#jackalope.txt

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l-just-want-to-see · 2 months

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something in the static by @bonerot19

on the American tragedy, rivers, parents that loved you up until the time they couldn’t save you, friendship, Hamlet, the seemingly unending darkness at the end of the tunnel and then, nevertheless, the light.

nodus tollens definition, Eunoia / Sisyphus, Andrew Bird / THE NIGHT BEFORE I LEAVE HOME, Elisa Gonzalez / After the Movie, Marie Howe + Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, Ilya Repin / The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald / Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides, Anne Carson + Van Gogh Never Watched The World Burn, Aja Trier / A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara / @/bitsbyt3s on Twitter / An American Tragedy (1931) movie poster / Rivers, Nicolás Guilén + Ophelia, John Everett Millais / Funeral for Unreturned Ashes, Travis Chi Wing Lau / Homesick, Noah Kahan / “The world is a beautiful place,” Lawrence Ferlinghetti + Hamlet’s ‘Antic Disposition’, Reviews Rangs and Rambles / The Holdovers (2023) / Nothing Changes, Hadestown / Another Day, @/lesley-oldaker on devianart / Some days of wine and pastry, Samiya Bashir / First Light Last, Paul Mariani / Poster by Despair, Inc. / My Own Private Idaho, @bellamysgriffin / Disco Elysium / @catadromously / Dead Stars, Ada Limón + phot from pexels by cottonbro studio / The View Between Villages (Extended Version), Noah Kahan /@catadromously / An Incomplete List Of Platonic Soulmates, Molly Burford / énouement definition, eunoia

#Jason todd #stephanie brown #batfamily #something in the static #<- love this series fr

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thicctails · 24 days

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Incomplete Merformers guide, because goddamn it I put too much effort into researching biology for a fake species to let it go to waste

a readmore bc its very long

Earth Mers

Biology

-Eyes have nictitating membrane, aka a second eyelid

-A facultative bipedal, prototherian, catadromous species

-Facultative Bipedal: they usually walk on all fours, but can switch to walking upright.

-Prototherian: egg laying mammals. Both males and females possess mammary glands, but lack nipples.

-Catadromous: lives most of their lives in freshwater, only travelling to saltwater bodies to mate and reproduce.

-Mers possess two sets of gills, one on their neck, and one on their torso. These gills help provide enough oxygen to a Mer’s large, complex body. They are extremely sensitive, and even non-fatal wounds inflicted in areas with gills may leave the Mer unable to move due to pain.

-The loss of one part of a set of gills is a survivable injury, provided that a Mer has a pod that can support them, as strenuous activities like hunting will no longer be possible. However, the loss of a set of gills is fatal, as the Mer will no longer be able to get enough oxygen unless they remain strictly on land, which would cause its own set of problems.

-Mers are covered in small, thin, semi-reflective scales. They become paler and softer on certain parts of the body, such as the face, the front of the neck, the chest, the belly, and the underside of limbs. Mer scales come in every colour and pattern, and are a good indicator of health and age.

-Pups will have darker, less reflective scales, which helps them hide from any potential predators.

-Juveniles have more colourful scales, and any patterns or markings they have will begin to appear.

-Adults’ scales have reached peak vibrance and reflectiveness, and any patterns or markings will have fully appeared by this point.

-Elder Mer scales begin to lose their brightness, and may begin to flake off.

-Signs of illness in Mers can manifest in random scale discolouration or rapid/over scale shedding.

-Mers possess long, curved canines. Their unique shape helps Mers to hold onto their prey, as it is harder for the prey animal to pull themselves free without causing more damage to themselves.

-Their wide mouths allow them to take bigger bites of larger prey, or swallow smaller prey whole.

-A Mer’s facial structure, while human in appearance from a distance or in situations with low visibility, is actually quite different. They have snouts that can range in length, and almost feline-like noses. This allows them to peek above the surface of water without revealing themselves fully.

-Mers have diamond-shaped pupils. These pupils constrict into almost non-visible lines when they bask, which allows them to keep their eyes open to look for potential danger without causing any damage to their sight.

-Mers have unique vocal cords, utilising a syrinx and vestibular folds to produce sounds. They communicate verbally through chirps, hoots, croons, trills, calls, songs, growls and roars, although much of Mer communication is through body language, tail and fin movement, and facial expressions.

-They cannot produce sounds like humans do, but Mers can learn to mimic human speech like certain species of birds. The noise will sound noticeably off without years of proper vocal training, and unless a Mer spends time observing human conversation, they will often not understand the meaning of the sound they are copying.

-Mers communicate using certain frequencies. If a Mer is born with any abnormalities in their vocal cords, they may be unable to vocally communicate with others.

Eggs and Pups

-Both male and female Mers can feed pups, but only females can produce and carry eggs. Mer gestation is typically 16 months long, and often only produces 1-2 viable eggs.

-Mer eggs resemble shark eggs, being pouch-like in shape. The foetus and yolk is visible until the very end of the development phase, when the egg’s shell becomes brittle and opaque, allowing the pup to break free much easier.

-Pups are born with limited sight and hearing. They rely fully on their parents or caretakers for the first two years of life before they develop fine motor skills and have acquired basic swimming skills.

-Mers return to their pools to lay their eggs, as pups need to be able to easily access oxygen while their gills finish developing, and this can be difficult given the rough and unpredictable nature of the ocean.

-Eggs can only be out of water if they are kept moist, and Mers will do everything possible to not remove their eggs from the water, as they are delicate and sensitive to their environment.

Pods and Pools

-Mers live in pods. Pods can have anywhere between 2 to 100+ members, and are an essential part of Mer life and culture.

-Pods can be made of blood relatives, mates, inlaws, friends, ect. Mers that do not know each other but that have been separated from their pods for any reason may form temporary pods for the sake of survival.

-Pods have their own pools that they return to to rear their young. Multi-generational, family controlled pod pools are called Ancestral Pools, while pools controlled by multiple, unrelated pods are called Communal Pools.

-These pools are typically shallow, and are often near waterfalls or streams to insure that the water does not become stagnant. Mers will usually live around these pools for most of their lives, and being forced to relocate can be an extremely traumatic experience.

-Human influence on the environment has driven Mers closer towards extinction, as these pools are essential for raising pups. Adult mers can survive in rivers or oceans, but pups lack the skills and strength to adapt and survive in these environments.

-Some mers adapted to this rising problem in interesting ways. Mers that moved into darker, underwater caves or bayous developed larger eyes, long whiskers, and bigger, more sensitive head fins to help them navigate in dark spaces with more obstacles. Others developed stronger magic, and used it to disguise themselves as humans.

-Human disguised mers spend years observing human populations and learning how to act and speak like humans, as Mers do not communicate in the same ways. This is a high risk - high reward decision, as these mers can own property and create their own secure pools, but they also run the risk of being discovered, either through a slip up from themselves, or from a human somehow stumbling upon an undisguised pup. Pups have high sensitivity to magic, and cannot control their own, which means that they cannot be disguised or disguise themselves.

-Most, however, simply try to find suitable pockets of deep forests or secluded beaches, tucking themselves away from humanity.

-Raising a pup or pups alone is highly risky, because this means that the parent will need to leave their vulnerable young alone to go hunt. Unfortunately, human activity has made returning to either Ancestral or Communal pools difficult or impossible, and expectant Mers may be forced to search for any water body to lay their eggs. If the water is stagnant or polluted, the pup inside the egg will die, as Mer eggs are extremely sensitive, and absorb oxygen through the soft exterior.

Sexual Dimorphism

- Mers have very little in the way of sexual dimorphism. The main visible difference between female and male mers is their chest fins. Females have larger, more rigid chest fins. Pods usually have a matriarchal system of leadership, and the most dominant female will have the largest, stiffest, and most vibrant chest fin. Males have smaller, softer, multi-layer chest fins, usually used for courtship. A male’s chest fin can rapidly change colour, usually going from a dull colour to a vivid colour, and they can be ruffled, not unlike the feathers of a bird.

Culture

-Mers are highly intelligent, and although their civilizations are not as advanced as humans (mostly because of humans) they have still developed multiple different cultures based on geographical location and adaptations.

#merformers #mermaids #mermaid biology #transformers

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zoologica42 · 3 months

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temprate stream dashboard simulator

🌊Smexy_eel_lady Follow selfie from my new apartment! I found a lovely rock somehow in my budget and I'm f(eel)ing so lucky!

#finally made it ♻️ 🪱detritus_luvr Follow Enough with that, TELL US HOW YOU FUCK

🐸 flychomper Follow I can't believe how many of my logmates haven't heard of/seen BROOKlyn 99, do they all live under a rock?

♻️ 🦞benTHICCC-biome Follow I can't stand this, it's 2024 and people on this wetsite still use "live under a rock" as an insult. I can't fucking even, do you know how disenfranchising it is to hear people talk with scorn about the way you and your family have lived for generations? go dry out, sir. ♻️ 🪷lowflowvegetation Follow reblogging bcs important, but also please don't tell people to dry themselves out!

🐟deepchannelfan Follow callout post for @smoothturtleleech I have no issue with parasitism, but have any of you noticed how turtleleech \only\ parasitizes turtles? kinda problematic imo. #calloutpost ♻️ 🐢smoothturtleleech Follow I also parasitized your mom last night lol

🐠riverartist Follow Art and artist! Really happy with how this one came out! took me about 10 hrs to get the pebbles together and assemble them.

#artistsontumblr #sculpture #pebblework

♻️🐍nerodiaaa Follow wtf that's so cool! lmk if you take commissions ♻️🦎sal-the-mander Follow going to make this my streamsaver #the highest quality content on this horrible wetsite

🐟salmonidayyyy Follow I love you catadromous fishes I love you anadromous fishes I love you migrants. Never let anyone tell you that you aren't stream fauna bcs you haven't spent your whole life in the stream or weren't born here {flaps you with my fins]

♻️🛶virgeon-sturgeon Follow Thanks bro, I really needed to hear that, {flaps you with my fins].

🐚riffleranger Follow MMMMMM I WANNA LAY ALL MY EGGS IN THESE PEBBLES, SUCH GOOD PEBBLES I LOVE THESE PEBBLES.

♻️🐌algaegrazer Follow @riffleranger this U?

♻️🐚riffleranger OP Follow I should be offended, but yes, I am her, she is me

♻️🐚riffleranger OP Follow OH WAIT, OH SHIT THAT IS ME WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PHOTO????

#dashboard simulator #fishblr #fishposting #ecology

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catadromously · 1 year

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confession: because of those lovely comics with mother whale and the cicada and the salmon, the word "catadromous" and more specifically just the segment "catadrom" has become redefined in my brain as meaning "poetic". Like a catadrom is some kind of poem like a limerick or sonnet, even though I know it means "downwards running".

somebody come up with some formal constraints and i'll write you a catadrom. we could make this happen

#ask meme

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