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stressedandddepressed · 9 months

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Barbie just may be this generations Rocky Horror and I wouldn't have it any other way

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bonefall · 5 months

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Hi Bones!! Thank you for you hard work on this project and for sharing it with us!

I've seen your posts about weird representation of society (regarding the "natural order of things") in xenofiction, especially in lion king, so I wanted to ask:

could you recommend any xenofiction media that has all (or most of the) animal species sapient? Or is the only solution to make just one or two species sapient while the others (especially prey) are plain animals?

Really sorry if you've seen this ask from me before - my account had a weird laggy period when I couldn't send or receive messages and asks, so I don't know if you got the previous one! I just know that now it's fixed so I double all the asks sent haha

Honestly I'm not totally sure! If any 3rd person has some good recommendations for "every being is alive" xenofiction types, feel free to weigh in.

If you want to jump in with me though, I am following the webcomic Africa. It updates every Wednesday. Africa is about a mother Leopard on the verge of a great ecological disaster, the relationship between her children and the animals around her, and the strength of both instinct and choice as the characters face an uncertain future.

Since it's ongoing, I still don't know how it's going to end and can't judge it as a full work! But it's absolutely fascinating and I think the author is doing a fantastic job so far. Bonus points for the way it portrays humans, btw.

No more spoilers though, if you're interested, it's on Webtoons.

(I'm also planning to read Oren's Forge soon. Ask me about it again in a few months over on Bonebabbles and I'll give you my thoughts)

As an aside though, funny you mention it because like... ever since I was a kid I've had a story I want to tell with the premise. It's a scintilla I've kept close to me for well over a decade but haven't done anything official with. So this is actually a theme I've thought about a lot.

It's rare to see it done well though because like... its very premise butts heads with reality. The "natural order" that an animal follows is not something it moralizes. A tiger doesn't have the capacity to think about how fucked up it is to kill to stay alive, the deer doesn't know that if its population isn't controlled it will destroy the forest.

They're animals. They don't HAVE that agency. Your dog does not care about being sterilized. A snake doesn't differentiate between a pinky and an adult mouse except in terms of if it will fit in its mouth. But the minute you put human morality in there... they have the ability to reason, create and agree on the rules of a society, make choices about MORALITY.

If nothing is going to change about their world, you just end up putting human arguments about "natural order" in their mouths and, well... start telling a parable justifying this "natural order."

(Genuine) Does what I'm saying make sense? Animals DON'T rationalize or negotiate. HUMANS do.

So the minute you're approaching a world with that logic, like it or not, you are invoking those "arguments from nature." And you're putting them in a being that is not fully an animal or a human, but an anthropomorphic mix which CAN rationalize but WON'T make an effort to change their world.

(Which is why tbh the best examples i know of are works with a theme of "change.")

OH WAIT I also remember another that's interesting!! Leafy: Hen into the Wild actually has a fascinating take on it. It's not interested in "moralizing" or really being about an animal society. It's a very emotional sort of movie, and it's about joys in adversity, the freedom that choice gives you, how bad things are going to happen and you can never completely prevent them.

INTENSE movie emotionally, the ending will wreck you (especially in the English translation which leaves out a really important theme making it feel abrupt x_x) but it's really good. Check that one out.

OH and also You Are Umasou. That one has more pitfalls imo (it does try to moralize a bit) but it's super unique as a movie. And is about dinosaurs.

#Don't take my opinions as gospel tho #There's no ONE RIGHT WAY to tell a story or handle a theme #And every person can have a unique reading of any story #Some stories can even be interpreted super differently by going in with different readings #Media isn't a box you take the lid off of to loot for objectively correct objects #It's more like eating a meal #Examining ingredients/tropes and how they were used #Trying to identify what the author set out to do and if it accomplished it in its current form #And sometimes idk chicken noodle tastes like hot saltwater in one moment but then hits different 2 months later when surrounding--#--circumstances (like being sick or cold) make it hit different #Point im getting at is that we could objectively say 'they used chicken and noodle' in this dish #But analysis and opinions and expressing them are an art of their own #Bone babble #Anyway prolly gonna be quiet the rest of the day so I can do clanmew prep lads #Media analysis #Xenofiction

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bangcakes · 27 days

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#down so incredibly bad. he has eye crinkles when he smiles.... nah its the end #trying not to think about it but JDJJDJDJD the way he was waiting for me in his car and like so smiley when he came out. o im gonna !!!!!!!#GOD. im so obsessed. like hes just some guy yes. but also ???? idc NDNDNXNXNNXMXM #its gonna take years tho i can feel it NDJDNXNXNDNND #hhhhh but maybe less time than i think...? idk im so...... i got so shy. couldnt even look at him at points like JDJNXNDNXNZN #im probably sending like... the Most mixed messages but WHAT CAN I DO XJXJJZZMZZ #i get mixed messages from him too. god. it took us forever to be friends bc of this JDJDJXJDKZMZM #getting to More.... lmao good lord #personal #also god why did i have to see that post about consideration being like. a way u know someoje cares. like JDJJDNDN #him being like o i was gonna honk at you but i thought itd scare you. so he waved a bunch instead Ndndnnd #then when ppl kept hounding me about why inwasnt taking my jacket off (felt embarassed bc i looked cute JDJDJDJJDNDN plus it was COLD) n #saying like oh isnt it hot. and inwas like huh really. and he was like... well i wouldnt say its hot. you can feel like the air coming down.#um.... ya maybe these are small but HDJDJDJDNDNNDNDND hes so cute....... like he could have honked at me n scared me or joined in on #everyone sayin stuff to me but BDBNDNDNDND cute....

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natjennie · 4 months

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i dont quite know how to phrase this but im curious if yall know what I mean. ive been thinking the past couple days that i dont know if I've ever really felt like a person. like, it never really feels like im doing anything, things are just happening to me. do you know what i mean? like I'm never fully "out of body" seeing myself from the outside, but i do kinda feel like I float like two inches removed from myself at all times. like sometimes it doesnt feel like my body has me controlling it, it's just doing what it wants and im up here in the head part like, separate. idk if any of this makes any sense at all but yeah it just kind of lowkey always feels like im watching a first person youtube video instead of like, actively doing things.

#its not like full detachment like obviously i can feel things that happen to my body like #hot or cold or if you pinch me or w/e #and sometimes that like. glazed over 'not here' feeling is more intense than other times #but yeah on the whole in general i just kind of am like. not in charge of what me as a person does #the world is always just happening im not taking an active part in it #im sure this is a common depression thing. or an autism thing.#but idk does anyone have any thoughts

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orcelito · 4 months

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Ok triple vaccine is kicking my ass. Now. I am.now grateful that I scheduled it with a day off after

#speculation nation #negative/#i will be real this is genuinely one of the worst pains of my life #but to.make matters worse. my period started :/ so im dealing with first day cramps of Those #i got only 4 hours of sleep bc despite taking a melatonin i just Could Not Fall Asleep #my feet and legs were so very cold that even 45 minutes under a hot pad still hadnt warmed them #it took hours before i felt like i could remove it. idk how long exactly id finally fallen asleep #but june wouldnt stop crying until eventually she came up to bed #and poor sweet girl did her normal thing of climbing on me. which is usually fine.#but she stepped on my arm and. hhhhhholy shit lmfao That had to be one of the worst pains of my life.#like a 7 or maybe even an 8. right now doijg nothing id say its a 5 #i need to take ibuprofen but i need to get some food in me first #which. oh yeah. i got out of bed to try to eat a bit so i could take some ibuprofen. ended up lightheaded as fuck #had to sit down several times. until at one point i got hit with a spell so bad i was Convinced i was gonna throw up #sat beside the toilet with a cold sweat as i waited for the nausea to subside.#i was gonna have corn dogs for a small meal. they r in the microwave even. but rn i am.just gingerly sipping on an Ensure #with a plastic bag beside me lol. just in case. bc i dont fuck with nausea risks man i am.not puking on my floor.#eurgh why did my.body decide to make things worse for me.... this Sucks #emetophobia/

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rodrickheffley · 5 months

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keep thinking abt that 15 degree temp poll i was sweatinggg frm walking around in 6 degree no sun weather had to take off my jacket to wear just my tshirt

#i feel like. my body has problems with temperature regulation because everyone around me is in coats.#its partly the mask. i get so fucking sweaty under them :/ which does not help my skin #but even when im walking around outside with no one around so i can not have my mask on i still get hot #and it just takes a veryy long time to be normal. like its not like i dont get cold but if ive gotten hot outside it will take a very long #time of standing around in a tshirt to cool down #idk if its the t or not i think i always had this issue but not as bad...

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todayisafridaynight · 8 months

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thinkin bout 2019 sawashiro's outfit makes me laugh in a hypothetical sense cause alongside the leather gloves he has an alligator-print suit jacket and then under that's a snake-print vest and then under that's a leather dress shirt and so wouldnt it be right goofy if under that's a regular t-shirt and just to really hit the homerun on layers he can have a tanktop under that. for the giggles.

#snap chats #i have a comic drafted joking bout this and we know how i roll i generally dont make text posts related to drawings #but i feel lazy rn so idk if im gonna finish it #either way this still makes me chortle. like bitch this game takes place in spring/summer you must be MELTING #actual Dont Touch Me Im Sterile kind of behavior #cause i know sometimes blokes wear t-shirts under their dress shirts #i dont really do it since Its Hot As Is but on the rare chance its cold i do have an undershirt ready #the double-down on reptile print though like even his shoes are gator print. theyve been lke that since the 90's tho so nothin new #but my man why so much rough-exterior/uncomfortable via leather patterns get help

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thecherrygod · 11 months

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why am i both very cold and very hot and also nauseous

#my posts #cold is bc its cold out #im unsure if its related to how i almost started panicking or what but #im considering taking nausea meds bc i am feeling. bad #ok also my mom was feeling bad lately #and i didnt have the best sleep or the best lunch either so i AM unsure of what the fuck it is #is it a bug is it the pseudopanic is it the weather is it fucky sleep is it not proper eating what is this #........... i am cold and shaking and i feel like im very hot too lmao #.... idk where my nausea meds are

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possum-tooth · 7 months

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debating on wearing the same outfit i did yesterday just bc its easy and i know its comfortable

#OR maybe wearing my pumpkin cardigan instead. it might finally be cold enough for it..#but like we're gonna be inside so idk ill get hot again and want to take it off and probably leave it there. so maybe not LOL #anyway. kinda scared for tonight bc ill be driving and trying to find parking in the DARK. literally my worst nightmare!#its for a friend tho so i kinda cant say no. and i havent seen him in like a month and a half :(#talk tag

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icewindandboringhorror · 1 year

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Daily Log 9

Trying out (probably just temporarily) making short daily-ish notes about things, in an attempt to see if it helps me be more reflective or productive lol.

Activities: Worked on the previously mentioned tapestry style painting thing for like 5-6 hours today (with a few breaks in between), and that's just for the border around the main picture lol.. I think all the little sections and detail always take longer than I think they might. But hopefully the final product will look interesting! :0

I feel like I'm entering another Sick Phase where I just am weird/ill/sleepy/having joint pains much of the day (probably some vitamin deficiencies or hormone imbalances or general bodily inflammation or whatever nonsense seems to randomly pop up from time to time lol), so couldn't focus on anything more intensive like writing or editing videos, unfortunately. It's good to have smaller crafts I can do that don't take much mental effort and are just menial hand tasks (like carving, painting, sculpting, etc.), but I still always feel frustrated falling behind on the things I see as much more broadly significant to my overall life and potential career (making games, writing, finishing videos, socializing, costumes, etc.)

Organized my desk a little. Responded to some doctor emails. Paid bills.

Planned out something I might make with pressed flowers tomorrow.

Edited like 4 costume photos.

Also have a lingering sense of dread due to the weather. The heat often makes me feel terrible, and if I'm already in kind of a Bad Phase at the moment, I'm afraid of it making it even worse... stimky..

Which I know these temperatures are nothing to some people but.. to me... aUGHHHH... I am abnormally heat sensitive + live in a dinky old apartment with no ventilation that gets direct sun the hottest part of the day.. on a 90F day outside, it literally gets about 84F inside.. like.. even people who love the heat I feel like would struggle to sleep at night if their bed is 85F lol... hewwo.. You can spray yourself down with water, drink ice water, put a fan on yourself, etc. etc. but.. sometimes it just feels so oppressive and inescapable..

ANYWAY. Aside from painting, feeling weird, and dreading the upcoming heat/contemplating my entire life and how to get enough money to move to a different climate somehow one day/existential exhaustion/etc., I didn't accomplish very much lol

Spent maybe 30 minutes thinking about a little more worldbuilding stuff, and some things in reference to the game I mentioned resuming work on at some point.

Notable sights: The clouds were really pretty and pastel this afternoon, and some stars are visible in the sky for once since the nights are beginning to be clearer. The 'forget me not' flowers that I thought had died after transplanting actually seemed to be perked up and healthy looking today, and perhaps may actually survive. >:3

Goals moving forward: Do new poll adventure post. focus on social activities, finding new friends in the places I want to move, communicating with the ones I have. Physical therapy exercises. Finish and upload videos, edit costume pictures & etc. Do the new costumes I've planned. MAKE SCULPTURES at some point, I miss them.

Notable foods: Not much, kind of a warm day so didn't really want to use the oven. No idea how I'll handle the diet I've been put on by my doctors (involves usually cooking all food fresh, using the stove a lot, nothing is supposed to be canned or processed or premade, so that eliminates a lot of 'quick easy simple warm weather' meals, etc. etc.) during the heatwave. I might just have to break the diet a little and hope it doesn't give me stomach pains while I'm already hot and feeling sick lol..

I did have a boiled egg with some green onions on top, which is very simple but was refreshing somehow lol. Another ice cold ginger ale treat today, and some cold prune juice (which I know most people find gross/it's an old person food/etc., but I like that it's a smooth textured and not very sweet juice? Like it's slightly thicker than apple juice, has a lightly bitter taste, etc. I just find it nice for some reason. More evidence I am secretly an 85 year old wizard)

#why can't it be global cooling instead of global warming.. what if everything was just ice and I was comfortable and happy all year around #heat also sometimes gives me like a.. mild situational claustrophobia (like not a place that you are confined in/can't escape #but more an environmental factor that's all consuming. Like when there's fires and smoke fills the sky for days and it's like no matter #where you are you could never get away from it unless you're locked inside shut off from the entire world. if you need a breath #of fresh air or are feeling too confined you no longer have the option of going outside. it's all toxic. etc.)#Or like part of why I hate long car rides is for that reason. If I'm 3 hours away from home there is no way for me to get home #other than to ride 3 hours back. If I suddenly decided I really would rather be home I could not get home quickly. the 3 hours #to get home is an inescapable barrier. No matter how sick I started feeling or how bad things are and how much I wish I was comfortable #and safe at home - the only way to get there is to get there. you knowwhat I mean lol? I can't just be home in 20 minutes #it's a 3 hour ride or nothing. etc. etc. Like if you're on a ship in the middle of the ocean and suddenly just desperately decided you need #to be back on land. there isn't anything you can do. nothing will get you back on land but to stay on the ship and travel the hours it take #to get there. there's no quick exit. No way out that isn't doing the thing you already really don't want to be doing anymore (being in a ca #r or being in a ocean or etc. No alternative route but to just suffer the situation longer). idk.. if that makes sense??#so with the heat sometimes it's like.. it's hot INSIDE and it's hot OUTSIDE and it's hot everywhere you go theres no escape #from it and nothing you can do but just.. be hot. no matter how desperate you are to just BE COLD even for a few minutes #you simply don't have the option. The only way to get cool again is to just wait out the hot weather. You can yearn for the feeling of a #cool breeze all you want but abdolutely nothing will get you colder than just to be miserable in place and wait for the passage of time.#I always get that feeling in the summer like after five 90+F degree days in a row you're like AAAAAAAAAA #JUST AN ESCAPE JUST A QUICK ESCAPE DEAR LORD ' and then 5 minutes later like 'hee he. no its fine. haha. im actually so okay #with my situation i am coping.' short bursts of heat induced frantic anxiety with some resigned calm in between ghjgj #ANYWAY. yes every year I complain about the same thing. I am a hater and a complainer first and foremost ggh.. I love to be honest and #express my thoughts and opinions. I think way too many people are so reserved and repress everything for the sake of like social etiquitte #or personal insecurity (like owrrying they're being annoying or talking too much or that novody cares what they say etc.)#and then that ends up causing passive agression and communication issues and resentments that boil under the surface for years because they #re never adequately expressed. I don't think complaining is an inherently negative thing and it's weird to me that people react so #like it's some sort of moral thing to be against it. Like of course within reason. don't complain to the point that you appreciate #none of the good things around you or like where you start bullying people or something. but broadly speaking. being able to express your #concerns and thoughts in small bursts easily and openly and release some of that tension is better than just holding onto it all and having #it come out larger later or making you internally miserable or etc.. ANYWAY.. yeaghh.. hate heat.. hopefully done with painting soon.etc.#daily log

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mrfoox · 1 year

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.... I feel bad bc my friend is sad ) :

#miranda talking shit #I feel a bit guilty too... I think thabks to my meds i am taking this better than normal but yeah #Fabian and me have only like spoken twice over the past month or two? Which is not much #Considering we have basically talked almost daily for years (a minimum at once per week) ...#The irony is that he implied that he was too big of an part of my life before we had this ... Break #... But as far as i know the few friends he have... Are the ones we have in common. Two irl friends . And me #Hes .... Been feeling lonely. He is now. He wants to talk to people etc and im like ): ...#I... Like oliver said 'i think fabian takes solitude a lot harder than you do. He does mind being alone' and yeah...#I think i may have unintentionally made him rely on me rather hard for socializing... For years hes basically only been in my social 'hot'#Zone. And now he have ended up in my 'cold' zone for the first time for this long... Like oliver said i dont mind solitude.#I grew up playing pretend on my own 80% of my time at home. Now i can get in isolation periods where im focusing on a video game #And literally not... Talk to anyone for a month or more. Then i talk to someone again and i realize i had been lacking social time but i #Dont actively... Feel it. I only get lonely at night badly id like to share bed with someone. But ... Yeah. Fabian is probably used to #Getting all this attention from me constantly and now im... Not providing it. Bc im focusing on other people socially...#I said im glad he shared feeling lonely with me and that i am here for him etc but...#I feel like ive failed him. Is failing him. Idk... I know its not my fault and so on but... My social... Functions have many downsides #I probably make people feel very special. I love to listen and ask about everything and encourage them and such. But then i can just stop #Talking for a long period of time and its .... Its never intentional but its how ive always been. Its why ive always kept to having like 3 #Friends up until becoming an adult and now jts... Its hard. I love many people and i want to give them as much of me as possible at a time #So instead of dividing myself to everyone always... I give one or two people all my attention at a time

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blush-and-books · 2 years

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no im gonna be honest bullying plotlines that go as hard as el's this season always turn me off. bullying happens but this carrie level shit always jumps the shark for me. its traumatizing enough for el to feel like the isolated weird girl and there's ways for that to happen without that blond bitch basically spitting on hopper's grave??

#idk if this is a hot take or not lmao #and before y'all come at me like 'SHUT UP PEOPLE GET BULLIED AND ITS TERRIBLE' like yeah i know but hear me out dude #people get bullied but the shit that el is facing for just being different is Genuinely ™ seeming extreme #and then they try to act like she did something 'bad' and is a violent person at her core but like #i would have rocked that girls shit too lmao #its too hot and cold and i generally think its dumb when tv shows take bullying to an absolute extreme just to make a point #stranger things #stranger things 4

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nexus-nebulae · 2 years

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got my one super productive day of the month in! this will not be replicated for several weeks

#echos #i get One day every like. one or two months where i'm able to get up and clean and take care of stuff #and holy shit i finally managed to get my bedroom clean enough to vacuum #i haven't been physically able to vacuum in like a year;;;;;;;#i mean it's not like my room is a Terrible Mess and i don't get crumbs or anything everywhere #so i don't really NEED to vacuum very often #but still like;;;; it was a year;;;;;;;;#i also got my fan set up so i'm not going to be overheating every night finally #my room is ALWAYS terribly insulated no matter where i've lived #because i always always have the Corner Bedroom With Two Windows #(idk why that theme has always been consistent??)#so my room is always cold in the winters and hot in summer #so i finally got a not-30-year-old and not possessed fan #i had a fan last year but halfway through the summer it got?? possessed?#it started turning on and off on its own and the rotation started activating randomly #was fucking terrifying when i got woken up in the middle of the night to see it beeping and turning sporadically #yeah i rapidly discarded that thing #i mean. to be fair. it was from fucking walmart that thing was NOT built to last #but anyway ye my room is all clean and *I* am all clean and my bedsheets are changed and i feel nice

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wabblebees · 2 years

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#i have a sneaking suspicion that in addition to all the other weird bullshit going on with my body #that at the moment my healing/recovery time is taking WAY longer than usual #and that im like. excessively affected by temperatures+/temp changes right now too #bc yeah while everyone else in my dorm house agrees that it really sucks the school hasnt turned the heat on and its kinda cold #its messing with me fucking HARD right now. like. to the point where today i went out and bought myself a pair of sturdy-ass gloves to wear #While I Am In My Bed Under My Blankets. bc its so bad that ((even bundled up top to tip!!)) if i dont get up every once and a while to run #my hands under hot water they get ICY and start turning fucking PURPLE. so uhhh. my temperature regulatory system has never been Great #but i think this is. much worse than usual #and when we were getting my bloodwork done before i left for school the docs never said anything abt like a zinc deficiency or anything #but??? unless its smth ELSE that ALSO didnt show up on the screenings they did... ughhgh. fuck. idk man #just. hOUGH. i wanna be wARMB and i wanna be CUDDLED and... idk man. i just want to be well. but i dont think thats happening anytime soon.#🙃🙃#time to hop outta bed to warm my hands again bc my phone is starting to not react to my fingers trying to type anymore. wahoo.#bee speaks

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newtness532 · 2 years

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i really hate this weather cause i was thinking that if i wear a shirt i would be hot but now im worried that i will be cold

#its going to be 19-21° but ill go on my own so ill have to walk for a bit and i dont want to be sweaty when i arrive #but also i don't know where we'll sit and i dont want to be cold #and today it was raining so it might be raining tomorrow too?#i really want to wear the shirt bc it makes me feel confident (and gay lol) but maybe i should wear sth that is warmer but that i can also #take off if i get too hot #idk what to do #what would you do #jo says stuff #personal ramblings

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avatar-masterofallfandoms · 2 years

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As I approach 3 weeks of only taking cold showers, not by my own choice my housing company installed the shower and faucets wrong and they will not fix it. I wonder if its appropriate to email them and go come on fix our shower, you ever shower with only cold water for almost a month while trying to figure out classes? It sucks, I fully shiver in there, I only ask for so much, please fix it. With an image of me with really sad eyes

#ugh #i moved in and discovered that the water could only be freezing cold or burning hot #the temp fully does not change until it becomes burning hot #literally 40°c #its unbearable to stand under #and the cold shower is also so difficult to shower with cuz its like the coldest the water goes #idk the temp but its unpleasant #and we talked to them and they were like the handyman is out rn #but we'll come next week #and then they came like friday the next week #and they tried the faucet and were like we installed it wrong but we dont have the right tools to fix it rn we'll be back next week #and then they did not come back #and now im just hanging here continuing to take freezing showers #and i wanna email them again #but what do i even say????#they know its broken #and they wont come #and its not even something we did wrong #they fully installed it wrong!!!#im angry about it

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