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I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT NINA!! anything you want to share about her, i want to collect
OOH OKAY ALRIGJT. (btw sorry this took a while i wrote up most of it days ago but The Tasks. you know how it is. here's a sketch for now)
so the thing about nina is that she is a really really old oc that i decided to revive over the summer to see what i could do with my current understanding of science and techmology so she doesn't really have an actual storyline. but here's some tidbits (under the cut because I have a lot to talk about). also warning for discussion of some unethical biomedical practices
- she's from kind of a cyberpunk dystopia where extreme human genetic alteration is possible (in embryos only ofc) but very very expensive because of not only the procedures needed to make an altered zygote but the resources required to incubate it for a full gestation period and because only some will end up viable the lab will have to create and incubate a carefully calculated number of embryos often with slight differences to ensure at least one will fully develop (this will be relevant i swear)
- so the technology is basically only available to the ultra rich
- nina was intended to have superficial birdlike features (think feathers instead of hair, high visual acuity, some minor skeletal alterations) but the lab done fucked up and she's much more bird than intended. im not an expert on emerging gene editing technology maybe the targeting sequences they used were a little off due to a glitch but you can see how she turned out
- the person who commissioned her didn't accept her and culling a fully developed altered human is well. murder. so she ended up in a care facility for rejected lab kids like herself
- she took way longer than a typical human child to start actually communicating when she talked but she was able to mimic words and phrases very very early. kind of creeped a lot of her caretakers out to greet her and hear their own slightly distorted voice repeat the greeting back from the mouth of a like two month old
- she eventually settled into her own voice but you could potentially identify the person who taught her some phrases if you knew them already. she's still a great mimic since she basically has a syrinx in there
- she struggles with verbal and written communication in general, a little better with body language at least for interpreting intentions/tone but different people can have very different body language ofc
- she also tends to be hyperactive (partly due to extremely high metabolism) and sort of impulsive
- incredible vision and spatial reasoning (those big bird eyes)
- technically with how large she is (about 4'3" if she could stand up straight without falling over and 70-80 lbs?) she shouldn't be able to fly but i ignore that
- remember how i said the duplicate embryos would be relevant well she has a secret not-quite twin another survivor from the same batch. idk how they got separated (remember i came up with the bones of this when i was like 10) but her twin had a messier life
- nina herself ended up as some kind of specialized government operative (cue booing) no she gets out of it in the end i swear
- the twin is a major figure in the conflict around rights for altered humans
- at some point the two of them meet and eventually join forces idk like i said there isn't a real story to this
- she has 2 fingers and the thumb free to move on each hand but they aren't very dextrous so she mainly uses her feet for fine motor tasks
- she also has difficulty emoting in a way that most humans can interpret due to the beak
- i have also made nina as a dnd character (her human parents gave her up to a monastery as an infant having frankly no idea what to do with her which she left as a teenager and became a highwayman as her appearance leads most potential benefactors to believe she's cursed) she has +5 dex and -1 con
and here's a little portrait for anyone who read this far. my beautiful daughter who i love so much <3
#nina#thank you for the ask!!! if youd like to know anything more specific go ahead and ask lol i feel like im forgetting plenty#may color that portrait digitally later much to think about#art#pickled-cactus#OH I ALMOST FORGOT! the feathers you liked the stylization of in my last post with her are the primary feathers :)
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FINSIHER OF PHILOSOPHY FINAL , U CAN DO/ALREADY DID IT!
I JUST TURNED IT IN NO MORE FINALS LETS GOOOOOOO
#THANK YOU BARUCH SPINOZA THANK YOU DAVID HUME THANK YOU ANNE CONWAY#DESCARTES YOU CAN CHOKE#ok that was a bit harsh. im not a big fan of descartes regardless#AND THANK YOU SHERBERT BEAST <33333#asks#personal tag#pickled-cactus
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i love this delightful little fellow!
your art style is so interesting is pretty thank you so much!
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Cowboy shenanigans with Peppino
Also, here's are some animations from a project i'm working on (it has guns)
Sorry i just love drawing Peppino as a cowboy (and i like western stuff)
#pizza tower#peppino spaghetti#the noise#digital art#pizza tower fanart#2d animation#i recently found a really nice brush for drawing#also i realized a bit too late that i ended drawing not a cactus but a pickle#and made an awful pun out of it
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#edit:source found! tysm pickled-cactus for linking it to me!#from a 2008 nintendo interview w/ suda51! official renders and concept art#internet archive link in the replies :)#i love love love love this render so much#dont know the source for it reverse image search isnt helping me#but i think its official#earliest sources i can find are 2007/2008#his pussy <3#no more heroes#travis touchdown#my post#i guess
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Tyrannian Food
i love the design of neopets' food so damn much
#neopets#neoart#art#fanart#food#props#tyrannia#ransaurus steak#bargasaurus steak#pickled keno eggs#cactus leaf#bronto bite#sack plant#hot burnumup#strawberry stone donuts#tyrannian rock berries
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New pickle cactus, mistletoe cactus, and money tree from Detroit Eastern Market!
I found a little piece of an inch plant vine that I’m going to propagate 🌱
Once I repot all my babies you guys will get an update! I’ve been struggling with my depression so the plants are scraggly but I’ll be able to bring them back.
#me#mine#cute#plantblr#plant parent#plant lover#my plants#potted plants#indoor plants#house plant#plants#cactus#cactii#mistletoe cactus#money tree#pickle cactus#I love pickles so I had to buy him
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Swallows
Thomas Hornsby Ferril
The prairie wind blew harder than it could,
Even the spines of cactus trembled back,
I crouched in an arroyo clamping my hands
On my eyes the sand was stinging yellow black.
In a break of the black I let my lashes part,
Looked overhead and saw I was not alone,
I could almost reach through the roar and almost touch
A treadmill of swallows almost holding their own.
"Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle... And Other Modern Verse" - compiled by Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith
#book quotes#reflections on a gift of watermelon pickle#stephen dunning#edward lueders#hugh smith#poetry#swallows#thomas hornsby ferril#prairie#wind#strong winds#cactus#spines#trembled#arroyo#crouched#clamping#sand#stinging#yellow black#break#holding their own
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?!!!????!!?
#i thought that was a pickle at first but i just clocked that it’s a cactus#it’s still bad either way didnfksnf#also this looks like a poster for like…. a world cup in 1980 or somethin
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(ID: a clay sculpture of a cactus with a face. its mouth is an O and its eyes are squinting. its arm is broken off, and it looks like its crying. it is painted in shades of green with light yellow dots on it. End ID.)
this is simon btw
hes fucked up and shes been through a lot and their other arm fell off now. poor girl
@arcadian-vampire
#she looked like a cactus but became a pickle 😔#hes so fucked up i love him#cabinet man clay#new tag ig#he uses all pronouns btw
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BBBZZZZT
WHOA!!! aww her little smile... thank you so much for this beautiful gift
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do you have a favourite dinosaur?
holy shit this is PERFECT timing. ok normally i probably would've picked a dromeosaur but recently while looking for references i came across this illustration of a parasaurolophus (by Andrey Atuchin) with incomparable pathos
look at this. look at the eye the lighting the expression. there is nothing i want more in the world than to be invited by this creature to have a cup of swamp water and chat. i am literally about to go format this to be printed out and put in a locket because it feels like it was purpose made to do so
(dromeosaurs are still really cool though)
#the references were for a project that isnt finished yet and i dont want to discuss it yet#but im hoping to get some things ready to post in the next few weeks so yeah 👍#thanks for the ask!!!#asks#pickled-cactus
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hi :-]
just wanted to say that yr barney art is fantabulous.. and i for one would be overjoyed it if you do decide to develop the AU further. much love!
Pickle you are too sweet, and I love all your messages!
yes I think I will continue the au and if anyone has suggestions about it I’d love to hear your thoughts ♥️
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Can I get jealous Dethklok headcanons?
Reader x jealous Dethklok members!
Canon typical violence and substance use
Possibly ooc (I need to rewatch the series)
Gender neutral reader
Nathan:
He doesn't usually feel the need to be jealous, I mean he's the front of Dethklok, he shouldn't need to worry about anything interfering with the relationship right?
Yeah, no.
He's very protective of you.
He gives his bandmates a whole rundown about what not to do when you're around since they've gotten a little too close with some of his past relationships.
He didn't worry about Murderface too much though, for many reasons.
If you guys are out at a bar and someone starts flirting with you, there will probably be a bar fight, and Nathan will definitely win.
Nathan would probably have his hand around you the rest of the night.
He might not even wash the blood off his knuckles just to show anyone else not to fuck with him or his partner.
He's kinda like a big grizzly bear, don't touch his honey
(that was such a stupid fucking joke I'm sorry)
Pickles
Pickles doesn't really get jealous often, but it might just be the fact his off his ass usually.
But when he does notice someone getting a little too close to you in a way he doesn't like, he's loud about it.
He would probably call them a douchebag and punch them in the face.
If he got in a bar fight, I'm honestly not sure if he would win.
Not because he isn't strong, I think he can pack a punch.
I just think he might drink too much to really stay on his feet long enough, there's a 50/50 chance he'd win, depends how much he drank beforehand.
It's very sweet though, even if he doesn't win.
Toki
If Toki gets a reason to be jealous, he won't be as upfront as the previous two with it.
He would probably make a passive aggressive remark and pull you away or something.
"Heys, leaves that douchebags, I gots to shows yous something."
He knows you love him so he doesn't need to worry about you leaving him for someone, but he can still get jealous.
Skwisgaar
Best way I can explain it is like when your dog smells another dog on you if that makes sense.
If he gets pushed far enough though, there will be blood (for reference, the scene where he beats a guy probably to death in Snakes N' Barrels ||)
I might bomb this cuz I don't rlly know how to write Skwisgaar I'm sorry in advance.
He might not seem like it, but he can get quite jealous.
You might think he doesn't care since he prides himself in his great he is, especially since he's the lead guitarist of Dethklok and all the sex he's had with no real care in the world, but he does.
And that jealousy might get pushed deep down to keep up his whole front, but it might backfire in the end and cause a bit of a breakdown.
When that little line finally snaps, he'll start to pay extra attention to you and probably always have a hand on you (in public.)
You'll definitely realize what's going and sit down with him to talk about it but he'll pretend he doesn't know what you're talking about.
You have to reassure him that you'll stay with him which might cause some emotions and he'll get mad at himself for cracking, but you'll again reassure him it's ok.
It's like dating a Cactus (joking, maybe)
Murderface
Murderface would probably be the easiest to get jealous and is already pretty insecure about his love life.
So when he sees someone flirting with you, he might make a small scene.
He makes it (very) loud and clear to anyone around that you're taken, and that he's the one you're taken by.
It's a little embarrassing...
He doesn't do it to embarrass you though, he dies it purely because he thinks someone else might genuinely steal you away.
I mean, he's the bassist, they aren't exactly the most popular as shown multiple times in the show.
And he knows he's not exactly the best looking guy out there, at least not compared to his bandmates.
But you love him, and you remember to tell him that after his little moments.
#metalocalypse x reader#dethklok x reader#nathan explosion x reader#pickles the drummer x reader#toki wartooth x reader#skwisgaar skwigelf x reader#william murderface x reader
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wof headcanons but theyre oddly food and substance related for some reason
Although I understand why Tui didn't include very much info abt alchohol or drugs in a kids book there is an extreme lack of culinary related world building so here are some ideas I had while on this train of thought :)
SeaWings tend to be foodies and are generally given cooking classes in school. Which if you think about it, is rather important, because like 60 percent of the creatures in the ocean are poisonous and the rest have parasites and nasty germs so they need to know whats up when it comes to food safety.
SeaWings use a lot of citrus in their food and drinks and they also use it for fragrances and stuff they just really like it
SeaWing nobles commonly eat fugu and there have been assassinations where a chef was bribed to not properly take out the poison so the dragon eating it would die
SeaWings drink to taste. SkyWings drink to forget what century it is.
SkyWings typically eat their meat raw but on special occasions they will barbecue it and put some spices n stuff on it. They don't eat much else besides meat but they do like spicy things like peppers and they also like strong onion or garlic flavors. The little masochists. Anyway,
SkyWings don't really like sweet things and many of them can't even taste them so they're like wtf is a dessert
man do they love them some olives tho. Olives everywhere. In their drink. Out of the jar. On their meat. Oil on their scales. Oil in their hygiene products. They started trading them from the Sand and SeaWings millennia ago but theyve selectively bred ones that grow in the mountains
This one's more drugs than food but SkyWings will sometimes take some kind of stimulant before battle like a beserker so they're all fired up heheh
MudWings are excellent meal preparers and sibs like to all cook together so they'll make a big pot of stew or something
They like bread and desserts, they have easy access to sugar cane being along the east coast and they also use a lot of honey. They're re into canning stuff too, they have a lot of raspberries and blackberries and strawberries in their temperate forest areas and they grow them to make jam and wine and they use honey to make mead
basically they are Cottagecore(TM) and I love them
They also eat lots of freshwater fish and crawfish and whatnot
And they also eat a lot of tatoes
Vanilla grows in the swamps, they use that in their cakes
MudWings deserve some appreciation goddamnit their kingdom is biologically diverse and beautiful
SandWings have tequila because. Yknow. Cactus.
They eat a lot of bugs and lizards, they don't really need to eat every day so it's not a huge deal
they do like coconuts tho and they use coconut oil in a lot of their hygiene products as well as in their cooking
They deep fry a lot of shit. Idk where i got this but trust me. They love things with lots of fat in it bc they need all they can get
Really sticky sweet desserts and candy; enjoyers of those one lollipops with the mealworms or whatever tf in them
also canning stuff like bone broth is very important
pickled cactus as well
rhey probably have a festival when cactus fruit goes in season
what even is IceWing cuisine.
Well way up north where there's nothing but ice it's pretty bad and the dragons have to eat just plain ass meat and seafood, but down into the tundras there's some pretty good stuff like cinnamon, pines for tea, honey berries, and other foraging as well as more diversity of meats
They would probably eat sushi
All the other tribes like to make fun of them and rightfully so bc their food is so plain
they make good honey berry wine tho
Maube that's why theyre so damn grumpy
RainWings are expert foragers ofc but they don't really feel the need to prepare their food in any way
They are, however, in constant dire need of sodium because they get absolutely none from their fruit
So anything salty is wow
Maybe rhey have a place near the mud kingdom border where they can grow some asparagus for salt
they are also the only tribe besides Night that can eat chocolate but forgor 💀 how to make it so the NightWings and them have to re figure it out together
Salted dark chocolate bing bang boom instant delicacy
NightWings used to be able to cook really well, especially desserts and pastry, but they forgor while they were trying to not die on the volcano
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cubfan135 fact #155:
Cub wrote a song dedicated to his dye farm 🎶
transcript/lyrics:
Cub: I may or may not have went ahead and completed all of the dye farms we need for this firework factory, and if that were to have happened, let’s say hypothetically, perhaps there would be some type of song about it.
Cub (pitched up): Hey, what’d you hear?
Cub (pitched down): I heard there’s a feather farm.
(ominous drum beat in the background as Cub sings/chants)
Cub: One (one), Rosebush for fun
Two (two), Lilac for you
Three (three), It’s the pe-o-ny
Four (four), Sunflowers more
Five (five), Cactus lookin’ alive
Six (six), Sea pickle mix
Seven (seven), Torchflowers in heaven
Eight (eight), Pitcher pod don’t wait
Nine (nine), Cocoa beans on line
And ten is where bonemeal begins again
(x2)
Cub (pitched up): Okay, great. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with that.
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