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I am 100% willing to stake my professional reputation as the Lead Ornithographist for The Academy of Bird Sciences on the fact that the bird pictured above is incorporeal and furthermore that leucism is in fact a fraud perpetuated by the so-called ‘scientific’ community.
Animals live or die by their coloration; white animals only exist in areas with intense snowfall, and even then the coloration tends towards seasonal and not year-round and is used primarily for camouflage. Most non-scientists are aware of this fact, and can explain trivially how animals that don't blend in with their environment are easily spotted. As a consequence, any animal that stands out will be at much higher risk of predation.
Surely that should be enough to debunk this "leucism" business, but there is one exception to this law of nature. Albinism is an actual variation of natural colours; it is a genetic anomaly which renders the animal incapable of producing pigment. This can be ruled out in the Phantom Hummingbird pictured above, however, as the eyes are not the characteristic pink seen so often in albino creatures. It is also not a bird species known for seasonal colour variation, so you can't say it is winter camouflage either.
Really, the only conclusion left is that the bird pictured is in fact a ghost. I'll grant that it runs counter to "established" animal lore but quite frankly? Classification errors are made all the time by scientists on the bleeding edge of practically any field of study. At most I will be willing to grant that the above bird has suffered from exposure to the afterlife and has with the shock lost all of the colour from their feathers. Life often looks like death when it has encountered it so intimately, after all.
But honestly, I just wanted to clear the air on this and defend the TABS field interns who work so hard to bring this information to the world in the first place. Lots of people say they are interested in learning cool new things, but very few are willing to do the actual fieldwork necessary to expand our knowledge of the world. Overall though there are just enough people willing to doubt the given explanations by the so called 'learned establishment' that we can continually advance our understanding of the universe. Glad I had the opportunity to address this; for more information please refer to the first letter in every sentence of this response.
Once believed to be local superstition, Phantom Hummingbirds have been confirmed to exist. Incapable of direct interaction with the physical plane, these etherial flappers nevertheless show aggression towards more conventionally-present hummingbirds. Whether this is due to perceived slights in their previous life or simple envy over the ability to drink nectar, nobody knows.
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Hello friend! Thank you for your valuable contribution to Bird Discourse (or as it is known in Prosumer Ornithographical circles: Bourse).
While ordinarily we here at The Academy of Bird Sciences welcome any and all corrections in the name of scientific cooperation and education, in this specific instance it appears you are in error: the photo you have attached is an Eastern Meadowlark, sister species to the Western Meadowlark described above. Do not be dismayed, this sort of mistake happens all of the time! They look quite similar but can be differentiated by the fact that Eastern Meadowlarks are incapable of terrestrial locomotion, as you can see in the above photograph. While ordinarily this would be a minor impairment to other birds, these skyborne Sturnella are quite able to hunt and eat enough aerial insect life to sustain their unceasing flapping.
Thank you again for your Bourse and have a nice day!
Incapable of traditional flight, Western Meadowlarks maneuver through the world by leaping with powerful legs. Capable of jumping three times their body’s length completely vertically, these springy Sturnella are hardly hampered by the lack of flying ability; many casual observers have been fooled into believing they take wing due to the speed and precision of their numerous jumps. Above, a pair of meadowlarks judge the leaping form of a third.
OP im super proud of you! publishing is such an absurdly labyrinthine process and i wish you luck with this new paper :)
that being said, that cage is WAY too small for your pet golfball; they need at least a 20long tank with at least one sand trap and water hazard (you dont HAVE to cultivate creeping bentgrass for the nesting area, regardless of what the purists say, but make sure at least zoysia is available for frolicking upon).
Golfballs are similar to chinchillas in that they love a good dust bath, and they dont have the tightly-packed fur which makes water baths very dangerous for chinchillas (and rabbits) so it is important they have access to both.
If that’s a temporary enclosure while you’re cleaning the main tank thats fine i suppose, but golfballs really prefer being kept in shallow cups for that sort of thing; they get stressed when they cant see above them.
Sometimes I get frustrated with the amount of effort and weird dynamics and just general bullshit it’s been taking to get this paper through, and then I remember that my partner was so proud of the last paper I published (that he can’t understand; he’s proud of the accomplishment in general, not the content) that it’s displayed in our house and it’s honestly the sweetest and most encouraging if very specifically him thing that he could have done.
Did??? Did you really just call MCR a "hardcore punk band"???? Their a pop punk band my dude. Lmfao you should probably expose yourself to more music before making an outrageous claim like that lmfao. Check out bad brains, Magrudergrind, or code orange for heavens sake. I know you're new to punk music but c'mon kid
Nope. I was referring to Showbread, thought I was pretty clear on that. You're still not reading thoroughly I see...eh. Don't bother to respond again, I will not read it. If you don't understand the basic punk principle of respecting others' lifestyles I don't know what else I can say to help you out man. We're clearly on different ends of the subculture. Hope you figure it out and wish you the best.
“Credits to the owner!!”
…Are the credits in the room with us?? 🤨
Oh my god thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate it 🥺 This little drabble just sorta flowed out of me, and is definitely a world I’m open to exploring again sometime in the future. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
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Author: @sabiekay
Pairing: Wolf Shifter! Jimin and Wolf Shifter! Reader (can be read as gender neutral) - Platonic/Friendship
Rating: PG-13 (for language and subject matter)
Genre: Wolf Shifters/Wolf Pack, Angst
Trigger Warnings: Graphic description of blood, wounds, and injuries; minor character death mention
Word Count: 1.2K
Summary: While healing your packmate Jimin from an attack, you are confronted by painful memories you try to keep hidden. Inspired by prompt #1032 by @creativepromptsforwriting -
"It's only a scratch." "A scratch that is ruining all your clothes right now."
Author's Note: This is my first dip into the supernatural world! Everything I know about wolf shifters and/or wolf packs comes from reading other fics, please don't assume I am an expert or the definitive voice for this genre.
Read here!: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50717473
Thank you for reading! I saw this prompt come up on my home page and the words just came spilling out.
Aaa thank you for the kind words! I’m so glad their friendship resonated with you because you are absolutely right - Jimin does care, and is trying his best to be there for Y/N, even if Y/N isn’t mentally in a place to really listen to or understand his side of things.
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Author: @sabiekay
Pairing: Wolf Shifter! Jimin and Wolf Shifter! Reader (can be read as gender neutral) - Platonic/Friendship
Rating: PG-13 (for language and subject matter)
Genre: Wolf Shifters/Wolf Pack, Angst
Trigger Warnings: Graphic description of blood, wounds, and injuries; minor character death mention
Word Count: 1.2K
Summary: While healing your packmate Jimin from an attack, you are confronted by painful memories you try to keep hidden. Inspired by prompt #1032 by @creativepromptsforwriting -
"It's only a scratch." "A scratch that is ruining all your clothes right now."
Author's Note: This is my first dip into the supernatural world! Everything I know about wolf shifters and/or wolf packs comes from reading other fics, please don't assume I am an expert or the definitive voice for this genre.
Read here!: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50717473
Thank you for reading! I saw this prompt come up on my home page and the words just came spilling out.
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Hi Anna! Glad to see you on Tumblr - it’s so much easier to share longform thoughts here than on Twitter, lol. Always glad to see your take on things.
As for your thoughts:
I think the fact that perpetrators of domestic violence often experienced it themselves as children is relatively well known.
Indeed! I was going to bring this up initially but then didn’t, some things just slip the mind. People often reflect the behaviors they see in their family and environments, etc etc. So if someone grows up seeing violent behaviors...
The mere fact that I know of the perpetrator that he himself has been subjected to violence does not make his act less cruel or excusable. [...] As if his own suffering should not only explain his actions, but even legitimize them. As if his campaign against heaven, lined with hundreds of dead, made him righteous.
I do wonder: do you mean that you get the impression that Father’s suffering should not only explain his actions but even legitimize them, making him seem righteous, in regards to my theories or in regards to the story content itself?
If it’s in regards to my own POVs: I said all I had to say in my disclaimer, aka “this viewpoint is not meant to ‘justify’ Father’s actions but explain them in a broader context.’“
If in regards to the story: I would have to disagree, especially on the “making him seem righteous” part. Noragami continually goes out of its way to hammer in the point that fighting fire with fire is a road that just leads to more fires (think Bishamon’s grudge against Yato and how that turned out); moreover, the manga also continually shows the deep, lasting, harmful effects that Father’s behavior has had on people, especially Yato and Mizuchi. In no way is his behavior ever excused or justified in the manga.
But in the same breath, like I explained in my post, Adachitoka also goes out of their way to show that Father isn’t wrong about Heaven and that his anger comes from a deep-seated issue that needs addressing and is not something that should be ignored, either.
...but from a moral point of view, the latter is more acceptable to me.
This is really where we disagree as well, I think, because... Heaven is 100% the obvious bigger villain here, for me. Even if their actions are not “targeted” like Father, they cause infinitely more damage than Father ever could - Heaven is not only individual gods but a whole entire system that perpetually enables toxic views and is capable of causing destruction on a scale much greater than Father could ever hope to aspire to, just as this chapter has already shown. Their ideology encompasses a vast amount of people. It’s systemic violence, as opposed to individual violence.
Besides that, the really insidious thing about Heaven is that, sure, gods may care about the Near Shore (presumably) but... in the end, Heaven is always just and must bow down to no one. It’s one thing to be destructive and be honest about your intentions, which Father has been (”I just want to torment the hell out of them” from 60, and now him admitting his anger has been driving him), and completely another to be destructive and say that it is not wrong, because Heaven can do no wrong.
That absolutely constitutes greater evil to me. Not to mention that almost everyone in this series is suffering from what Heaven(’s ideology) is doing, both gods and humans alike, but that’s a topic for Part 2 of my meta, lol.
I think it is quite ironic that you bring up the Takemikazuchi panel because in that same arc, we see him destroying the forest, frying the power lines, and going berserk near a school. Last chapter, too, showed the same irony: “Heaven’s judgement should only fall on those deserving of it” and yet, the entire town is on fire.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts <33
Villains and victims
https://kanotototori.tumblr.com/post/667575977543647232/chapter-97-1-thoughts-part-2
I considered for a long time whether to engage in this controversy or not, but in the end I decided to try to explain my point of view. Just because someone is a perpetrator of violence does not mean that they cannot be their victim at the same time, and vice versa. I think the fact that perpetrators of domestic violence often experienced it themselves as children is relatively well known. The same is true, for example, of children who bully others. Nora could serve as an example in Noragami. She herself is undoubtedly a victim and at the same time capable of quite cruel acts.
The mere fact that I know of the perpetrator that he himself has been subjected to violence does not make his act less cruel or excusable. And I have the impression that it happens with father sometimes. As if his own suffering should not only explain his actions, but even legitimize them. As if his campaign against heaven, lined with hundreds of dead, made him righteous.
Which brings me to another problem: Father versus heaven, who is the bigger villain? We can talk about conscious and targeted violence, and we can talk about violence, which I try my best to avoid. As a result, there will be no difference, and for the victims the original intention is no consolation, but from a moral point of view, the latter is more acceptable to me.
I certainly do not claim that my interpretation is correct or that another should be wrong. Don’t take it too seriously.