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communityblr I humbly request some assistance.
okay so I have this vision for my blog where it becomes sort of a part-time interactive community encyclopedia.
like if you have any questions like “this quote is stuck in my head but I can’t remember which episode it’s from an it’s driving me crazy” or “has this ever happened on the show” or “I just finished the show and I need more content what do I do” etc. or if you want a masterlist of every trobed-centric episode, or every emotionally devastating episode, or anything else.
and I KNOW technically the entire community tag on this site can be used for this but. I feel it’s more personable this way? and I want to really interact with you guys more and answer people’s questions, bc I feel I have a lot to offer in that sense? and if I can’t answer someone’s question or don’t have the info then anyone else is also welcome to hop on and answer? or if someone creates a list faster than me they can absolutely post it for the asker first? but like my blog can become a sort of forum for these things???
do you guys know what I mean??? do you see the vision??? like tag me in your posts or just go straight to my asks. my credentials are: I have made a trobed centric episode masterlist and posted it before, I have a ton of other lists and list ideas in my notes app, I have every episode title and number of community memorized, I can tell you which episode a quote or clip is from with like 95% accuracy and speed just off the top of my head (my roommate tested me), I’ve seen the show an ungodly amount of times, I’ve done hella analysis and will continue to do more, I own the dvds and have on many occasiona fallen down a community rabbit hole online ,,,,,
I think this would be cool. how do I establish myself in this way. is this lame. be honest.
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jeronandor · 2 months
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"Captain Cassian Andor's Intelligence Datapad" Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide (2023)
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breelandwalker · 9 months
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This week's Friendly Reminder is that witchy writers will not always tell you the exact purpose or reasoning behind every component in a spell or recipe and this is not an indicator of poor writing or a bad book.
Component purposes and correspondences should be obvious or at least presumable from the description of the spell. It's usually a pretty safe bet that whatever is included is aligned with the intended purpose of the thing to be done. For example, if the spell is a luck spell, you can probably assume that included components have some association with luck, prosperity, abundance, or attraction. If a powder is meant to banish something, the components are likely to be ones that deflect, cleanse, repel, or protect.
While it can be helpful for the author of a spell or recipe to explain all this point-by-point, it is not commonly done unless the explanation is relevant to the casting process, the components or use thereof are unconventional, or the book is meant for readers who are completely unfamiliar with the use of the listed components.
Common knowledge isn't common to everyone, but there's only a certain amount of hand-holding that can be done. At some point, an author must assume that the reader will either understand the instructions, take things on faith, or take the initiative look up additional information themselves if they feel the need.
Source: A recent spate of reviews complaining that my books are hard to understand because I don't fully explain the purposes and correspondences of each component in my published spells and recipes.
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lord-mortamon · 6 months
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Rayfanpedia, the wiki for Rayman fanworks
Hello fellow Rayman fans! We are proud to bring you the Rayfanpedia, the RayWiki’s sister project dedicated to fangames and other fanworks by the talented Rayman community!
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Explore the fans’ amazing projects and contribute to this new expansion of the Rayman Pirate-Community!
We already have pages dedicated to various fan projects, such as Rayman Redemption, ReDesigner, Revenge of the Dark, Scepter of Leptys and much more! Come have a look! :)
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icyrose-cat · 6 months
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I did not use my actual objectsona for ewow, but instead FR.E! so have this transparent of her i made just for that
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aro-culture-is · 1 year
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Aro culture is your friends coming to you for realasonship advice and not knowing what in the world to do.
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ffxivtribehydrae · 9 months
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Idea...
With The Rising and its Letter Forest, wouldn't it be fun if we all wrote letters to the devs and had someone who is scheduled to visit Fanfest London deliver them all in person?
I happen to be scheduled for a Fanfest London visit
Please reblog so I know just how wide spread the opinion is ♡
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zoobus · 2 years
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Lowkey i feel like it's unfair to call it "tiktok brain" and lay it solely on that app. This stuff started on sites like reddit, 4chan, and god forbid, Kiwi Farms, then evolved to the "main character of the day" thing on twitter. This has been a problem for over a decade this point, tiktok is just making it mainstream.
It is unfair but in this moment the #1 enemy is tiktok so it gets the crown for now. It'll be something else-brain in ten years, if not less.
Also it's been a problem for much longer than that. The issue is that it keeps compounding, like it isn't as if all the other sites fixed their privacy eroding tendencies once tiktok took the lead - recently I discovered reddit has an unnerving number of active subs devoted to the drama of, god, you can't even call them microcelebs. Hundreds of people eagerly awaiting for some random girl whose claim to fame is getting married and having kids straight out of high school while Mormon to fuck up again so they can gossip about what a wretched cunt she is. All platforms embolden each other.
It seems like every five or so years, the internet manages to make stalking even more of a community hobby than before
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dunhoof · 6 months
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also i didnt look much into it bc i hadnt had the chance to read the lore myself yet but i mean i cannot say it truly surprises me that the Ancient Attendants of The Big Tree had some concerning native stereotyping
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snowboyclarkov · 1 year
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My Ideal Verse
This is a picture including every single series - whether that be movie, anime, game, YouTube series, DeviantArt artist or other - into my ideal crossover universe. At this point I would make these additions:
Inazuma Eleven GO
Made In Abyss
Katawa Shoujo
Azur Lane
My Hero Academia
Kiss Him, Not Me!
Chainsaw Man
Komi Can't Communicate
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Heaven's Lost Property
Saitama Chainsaw Girl
That one series with Blindy and Blondy by Popopoka (logo not available)
As of 18th June 2023, these additions were made:
The Lego Movie
Fireman Sam
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Bottom Gear
As of 12th July 2023, these additions were made:
Library of Ruina
Injustice
Street Fighter
S.C.P. Foundation
Pumpkin Night
Mabinogi
As of 29th August 2023, these additions were made:
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Henkei Shoujo
As of 31st October 2023, these additions were made:
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
Avataro Sentai DonBrothers
Ressha Sentai ToQger
Uchu Sentai Kyumager
Mashin Sentai Kiramager
As of 26th November 2023, these additions were made:
Doctor Who
All of my OCs would also feature in this verse. So would Shem-Ha from Symphogear, Dooku from Star Wars, Castoria from Darling Duality, Chantel DuBois from Madagascar and that series where someone teaches English to rural primary-school-level Japanese kids. Limbus Company would not be in the verse. DonBrothers and King-Ohger are the only two Super Sentai sub-verses in my ideal verse.
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There would also be the series where these pieces come from.
I call this one above and posts directly related to it the St. Marley's Asylum series.
My Own Universe by Clarkov on DeviantArt - The original post that the template at the top of the pictures was made for.
My main OC-verse is one where all of these series exist in the same universe. Even Monster Girl Encyclopedia. Slavaria Cossack is a friend/weird harem group and is utterly shameless about it, with the same sort of chemistry that Clarkson/Hammond/May have. The 9-13 became members at various points after Sahaidachny's 'you're allowed to be you' arc. All of them are 15 in present day. 9-13 are based on existing characters in the same sense in which JJBA Stands are based on existing songs.
Slavaria Cossack (birth place) - current MGE mamono species (original)*:
Clarkov Sahaidachny (Vynohradiv) - Soldier Beetle (human)
Natalya Horbach (Kharkiv) - Shirohebi (human)
Yevhen Slobodyan (Berezne) - Wonderworm (human)
Stanislava Artemenko (Lebedyn) - Myconid (human)
Valentyna Morozova (Mykolaiv) - Tritonia (human)
Myroslav Kozak (Yevpatoriya) - Black Harpy (human)
Reichiru Inazuma (Fukuoka) - Oomukade (human)
Lyubomyr Dobrovolskyj (Pereiaslav) - Akaname (human)
Esmeralda Petersburg (Moscow) - Dhampir
Tess Dileva (Hoddesdon) - Sahuagin (human)
Kirumi Silkenstar (Ashikaga) - Mantis (human)
Karaina Caulton (Harlow) - Lich (human)
Suki Ryushima (Fukuoka) - Yuki-Onna
*Can alternate between mamono and human forms just like in Rosario + Vampire.
Note: 5 of my OCs in chronological order of meeting C.J.S. after his 'being able to be himself' revelation over the course of a few months - the stoic bodyguard-in-training Esmeralda Petersburg, the disciplinarian Tess Dileva, the poetic Kirumi Silkenstar, the spunky wannabe witch Karaina Caulton & the highly introverted loner Suki Ryushima - are derived from and inspired by existing OCs found on (y/n) x yandere quizzes on Quotev that I took a liking to thanks to the story/characters/detail/etc., like how much of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is inspired by Western songs. This includes their personalities. I took 5 such quizzes honestly answering the questions posed based on my personality and that of Clarkov J. Sahaidachny, my first and main OC, which are very similar in most ways but very different in some areas. These 5 were the results. As for the dere sides, they start out full on and become more mentally sound as time goes on. That part is inspired by the development of Mizore Shirayuki in Rosario + Vampire. It's how I have to do almost everything in life. Start out with a base, then slowly build it into my own thing. It's a bit annoying, but I make do with what I have. I'll leave a link to the quizzes below.
The quizzes:
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/14308763/and-they-were-roommates-yanderes-x-reader
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/9340557/Bloodstained-Roses-Girl-Yanderes-X-Male-Reader-Part-0 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/9459484/Bloodstained-Roses-Girl-Yanderes-x-Male-Reader-Part-1 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/9916834/Bloodstained-Roses-Female-Yanderes-x-Male-Reader-Part-2 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/9941208/Bloodstained-Roses-Female-Yanderes-x-Male-Reader-Part-3 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/9982278/Bloodstained-Roses-Female-Yanderes-x-Male-Reader-Part-4 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/10307250/Bloodstained-Roses-Tess-x-Male-Reader-Part-5 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/11771247/Bloodstained-Roses-Tess-x-Male-Reader-Part-6
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/10443555/How-Far-Will-You-Go-Yandere-RP-Part-1
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/11634020/Tendrils-Of-Enchantment-Supernatural-Girl-Yanderes-x-Reader-Part-1 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/11809703/Tendrils-Of-Enchantment-Supernatural-Girl-Yanderes-x-Reader-Part-2 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/11897977/Tendrils-Of-Enchantment-Supernatural-Girl-Yanderes-x-Reader-Part-3-FINAL
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/12939352/Which-Yandere-Is-For-You-Part-1 | https://www.quotev.com/quiz/12940932/Which-Yandere-Is-For-You-Part-2
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unusualsims · 1 year
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Watch out she's your nightmare Nancy Drew She's sneaking around Checking up on you
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hey so i’m new to the community fandom and i really love trobed. i was wondering what was your trobed centric episode masterlist like? or if it’s possible, is there a way to send me the post? sorry i’m new to tumblr so i’m still learning how this app works. if you see this, thanks :)
hi, welcome! I've found that community tumblr is probably my favorite fandom space I've ever been involved in, and I hope you've had a good experience so far. I totally get the New App Learning Curve thing, I'm historically very shit at learning how to use new apps, even though I'm "young" (20), but I eventually got it and you will too, Trust 👍👍👍
anyway, Yes one of the first things I did on here after joining was make a trobed-centric episode masterlist for someone who was asking lmfao. since it was one of the First things I did there's some formatting and other things I'd do differently now, and I've actually been looking for an excuse to go ahead and get that done, so. here we go.
the trobed-centric episode masterlist (revamped)
1x05: advanced criminal law
plot B
abed takes the "friends mess with each other" rule too far; he creates a whole fake language and spends a lot of money on trying to convince troy that he is an alien
"from now on, abed, friends don't mess with each other"
(this is the first time they do their signature handshake)
1/5 gayness, pretty platonic
1x10: environmental science
plot B
it's the "somewhere out there" episode what more do I need to say
3/5 gayness, something's happening fs
1x11: the politics of human sexuality
plot C
abed keeps beating troy in athletic competitions, making troy feel threatened. he eventually admits that abed is the better athlete and they make up
2/5 gayness, pretty platonic but it has its moments
1x22: the art of discourse
plot C
troy and abed work to complete abed's list of quintessential freshman year of college experiences list
2/5 gayness, they repeatedly put completing the list above looking cool in front of women
1x25: pascal's triangle revisited
plot C
troy is moving out of his dad's house and wants to move in with abed, but abed says no because he's afraid being that close and spending that much time together will result in constant annoyance, and will destroy their friendship
troy realizes that "too much of a good thing can be bad" and instead agrees to move in with pierce
1/5 gayness
2x02: accounting for lawyers
part of plot A
jeff gets sucked back into his old life as he reconnects with alan, a coworker from his old law firm. troy, abed, and annie try to gather proof that jeff's friend is the one who got him fired in the first place
more trobedison centric, and is actually the first episode where the three of them are established as a Trio™
"all I heard was suck" "YOU CHLOROFORMED THE JANITOR" "I usually have one foot out of reality and even I'm freaking out right now"
1/5 gayness, pretty platonic. they're the sillies ever I love trobedison
2x06: epidemiology
part of plot A
it's the zombie episode, come ON
trobed have coordinating costumes but troy bails during the party because he doesn't want to look lame and nerdy in front of women, which hurts abed's feelings
abed sacrifices himself to save troy once they are the last two standing during the "rabies pathogen" breakout
"I love you" "I know" (oh my GODDD sedate me)
5/5 gayness. you get it.
2x09: conspiracy theories and interior design
plot B
the original blanket fort 💯💯💯
2/5 gayness, just guys bein silly (and in love???)
2x15: early 21st century romanticism
plot B
troy and abed fall for the same girl and decide to take her to the valentine's dance together, after which she can decide which one of them she wants to date
she picks troy, but troy gets upset that she didn't pick abed (because why wouldn't she pick abed, he's so cool) and breaks it off almost immediately
I"happy valentine's day" "it is now"
5/5 gayness jesus christ this one is INSANE
2x18: custody law and eastern european diplomacy
plot B
britta likes troy and abed's new friend, lukka, who she finds out is a literal war criminal. she keeps this information from troy and abed because she doesn't want to ruin their friendship with him, but they find out eventually
2/5 gayness they're attached at the hip in this one
2x19: critical film studies
random moments
this episode is more focused on jeff and abed, but there's a lot of classic Troy Gets Jealous™ moments so I decided to include it. plus the end tag is them randomly having dinner together at the fancy restaurant (a date 😔)
basically troy is afraid that jeff is a cooler friend to abed than him
3/5 gayness even though they barely interact, troy is so silly
2x20: competitive wine tasting
part of plot B
I almost didn't include this one, and it's not even on my original list, but whatever
troy pretends to be traumatized, originally to seem less shallow in his acting class, but he keeps it going in order to attract britta. he tells abed about it and abed Does Not Like That At All
"troy. nothing good can come of this"
I wouldn't call abed being jealous a Rare Occurrence but he generally conceals it way better than troy does
2/5 gayness, could be interpreted as abed just worried about relationships forming under false pretense, but to Me he's jealous
2x22: applied anthropology and culinary arts
plot C
pierce buys the rights to troy and abed's handshake (a la Indecent Proposal) which "corrupts" it
"pierce tainted our special handshake with his blood money and now we can't get the magic baaaack :((((("
eventually they do indeed get the magic back
3/5 gayness idk there's something about the way they interact in this one that is inexplicably gay to me lmao
3x01: biology 101
plot C plus random moments
"speaking of figuring things out, me and abed have an announcement" "..." "troy and I are living together :D"
cougartown gets moved to midseason, then cougarton abbey ends after 6 episodes, abed's routine keeps getting thrown off, and troy is just extremely supportive and protective throughout
4/5 gayness troy loves him a lot!!!!!!
3x03: remedial chaos theory
random moments
(I know this ep is listed as 3x04 on streaming services but in canon it takes place here and on the dvds it's listed as 3x03. there's a joke about it in the episode too if you didn't know. anyway)
"troy and abed's new apartment!!!" "bienvenido a la casa chez trobed!" "wanna stay up all night talking in our bunk beds?"
all their pictures on the wall and their matching suits lol
the end tag "evil troy and evil abed" & troy's soft "what's wrong :("
3/5 gayness they're lowkey married your honor
3x05: horror fiction in seven spooky steps
random moments
troy's whole story he tells where they Literally become attached at the hip
"my partner"
troy dancing while abed's humming daybreak
2/5 gayness
3x06: advanced gay
plot B
troy deciding whether he wants to do plumbing or air conditioning and deciding all he really wants to do is watch tv with abed
gay symbolism? gay symbolism? gay symbolism?
4/5 gayness mostly for the conversation at the hawthorne wipes gathering. I could write an essay on just that
3x07: studies in modern movement
plot A
annie moves in with troy and abed. very trobedison centric
"kiss me woodsman troy!"
3/5 gayness once again casually in love they're soulmates your honor
3x09: foosball and nocturnal vigilantism
plot B
annie breaks abed's $200 special edition dark knight dvd set on accident, trobedison shenanigans ensue yippee!!!
"awww is that the grappling hook I got you for christmas???"
3/5 gayness for the same reasons as before
3x10: regional holiday music
part of plot A
literally putting this on here just because of the christmas infiltration rap (and baby boomer santa)
3/5 gayness it's glee club what can you do
3x11: contemporary impressionists
plot A
(once again, I know this episode is listed as 3x12 on streaming services, but in canon it's supposed to chronologically be here, and is listed as 3x11 on the dvds)
the study group helps abed pay off his debts to a celebrity impersonator website by playing characters at a bar mitzvah (after troy scolds them for trying to ground abed in reality)
they have an argument at the end ugh
3/5 gayness troy loves abed a lot and abed doesn't realize that he's doing something wrong
3x12: urban matrimony and the sandwich arts
plot C
(see the above disclaimer about episode order)
troy and abed decide to be normal for shirley's wedding rehearsal
troy and abed being normal 🤝
4/5 gayness they blow off a girl to be weird again
3x13: digital exploration of interior design
plot C
blanket fort: redux (oh god)
vice dean laybourne escalates what started as a minor disagreement in order to drive a wedge between troy and abed. it works
5/5 gayness, if a sitcom doesn't have the two codependent fanonical gays go through an unnecessarily dramatic "break up" then I don’t want it
3x14: pillows and blankets
plot A
🎶troy and abed are in conflict🎶 *cries*
pillow fort vs. blanket fort
they eventually make up but not before they hurt each others' feelings a Lot
5/5 gayness the dramatics jesus christ
3x16: virtual systems analysis
random moments
so this episode is more focused on abed and annie, and troy and abed actually don't Technically interact with each other very much at all, but. you know
abed kinda freaks out when troy and britta go on a date because it "messes with the fabric of the group" (🤨 I know what you are)
troy calls annie to "check on abed" boy you are on a date with a woman
4/5 gayness just from subtext you get it
3x17: basic lupine urology
random moments
troy and abed play detective as they try to figure out who sabotaged the group's biology project
"we can't both do the zinger"
4/5 gayness no explanation
3x19: curriculum unavailable
random moments
the study group is expelled from greendale and abed gets arrested for spying on campus, so he's supposed to have a psychological evaluation
troy is just very protective of him in this episode, plus the flashback clip where he and Annie are comforting him as he's freaking out about daylight savings
"our adventures are VERY manly"
4/5 gayness
3x21: the first chang dynasty
random moments
oof baboof with you two! (all the plumber shenanigans are hilarious)
mostly putting this one on here for the goodbye scene at the end of the episode, though. god
"he said, 'I know you hate when people do this in movies.' sorry I got emotional"
3x22: introduction to finality
plot B
abed "goes crazy" without troy (who's off at a/c repair school)
when troy comes back he prioritizes abed over britta (who he supposedly has romantic feelings for)
"I miss abed so much" "you're afraid you'll go crazy without troy"
4/5 gayness one could say they're a little codependent
4x03: conventions of space and time
plot A
troy gets jealous of (read: goes "psycho girlfriend on") abed's new inspector spacetime superfan friend toby
britta, even as troy's literal girlfriend, calls abed troy's boyfriend and supports troy through the whole thing
"for the first time in my long history of being locked inside things, I knew someone would come" let me just put my head through my wall really quick
5/5 gayness even though troy has a whole gf. that's how gay this episode is
4x11: basic human anatomy
plot A
troy and abed pretend to switch bodies, like in freaky friday, in order to help troy process his feelings about his relationship with britta
5/5 gayness holy SHIT y'all. I could write thousands of words on this episode. it is so hard to justify troy's actions in this one without reading him as a closeted gay person not lying
5x03: basic intergluteal numismatics
random moments
including this one because of how abed comforts troy and pushes him around in a wheelchair for the entire episode
3/5 gayness it's the casual married-ness again smh
5x04: cooperative polygraphy
random moments
this is another one I didn't include on my original list but I decided fuck it
the bit uncovering the actual origin of their patented handshake is so funny "I can't even look at you right now" "then you should know I'm crying"
also just the. look on abed's face when troy agrees to go on the trip at the end. "cool. cool cool cool." "that's a lie" UGHHHHH
4/5 gayness again. so typical
5x05: geothermal escapism
plot A
do I need to say a word
ouch ouch ouch OUCH
5/5 gayness especially the deleted dialogue from the last scene (I've posted it before but lmk if you don't know what I'm talking about. disclaimer it makes me want to launch myself off the empire state building)
alright. there it is folks. I was going to make another subsection of other random iconic trobed moments and cite the episodes they're from but basically every single episode has at least one, so that list would be Way too long to qualify as a supplement to this one lmao. however! if you have a Trobed Moment™ stuck in your head (or any Moment for that matter) and you can't remember which episode it's from feel free to ask me, I'm confident that my internal community database will be able to Remind You. anyway. hope this was helpful. bye
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nutakugames · 8 months
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Our Drawtober art challenge isn't the only thing we are doing to celebrate Monster Girl Month!
Join our Discord for a daily Smash or Pass and loads of other fun activities.
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yeonban · 11 months
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PROMPTS FOR LOTS AND LOTS OF FLIRTING.
@deathfavor asked: It’s been a busy afternoon, but a fun one. One of the rare days that seems like it is just for fun. Albeit, Chrollo is often happy to just spend time with his spiders. He doesn’t necessarily talk much or participate in everything, but there’s a noteworthy brightness to his eyes and he’s often still observing with a content smile. They really should get lunch though, or at least a snack.  “what are you craving right now?” Chrollo asks Shalnark, his head canted to the side. No one asks him least they all end up solely at a bakery - but Chrollo is content to go anywhere his spider wishes.  “  I’m sure we can find a place if there’s something specific you want. We should get food while its calmer, and then go from there.. Although. There’s an astrological phenomena occurring tonight that I want to see.  “  Not that he’ll make others - but it’s also a silent invitation to join him if Shalnark is interested.
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A contemplative hum escapes Shalnark at the question, hungry, but not yet enough to know for certain what it is that his body craves most. ❛ Hm... a cheeseburger, or pizza. ❜ On any other day he might have also considered a proper meal at a restaurant or otherwise, but today has shaped up to be a day of whims, and whimsical it shall remain until the end. They had done as they had pleased since the earliest hours of the morning, following impulses moreso than stricter plans, and thus it feels only fitting for them to continue in the same manner they have until now - with their first thought being the one they choose to act upon.
Chrollo's comment distracts the sixth from pondering any further on his choices (cheeseburger and pizza having both surfaced in his mind at around the same time) though, and he blinks in mild curiosity at the vague wording. Not at his leader being vague - it'd be more of a surprise if he wasn't, but at what he could've meant by that - surely, if Chrollo knew, he should too, right? Turquoises stare at the head in silence for no more than two beats, recapping their geographical position, date and the only clear term used, 'tonight', before a glint in Shalnark's eyes heralds the moment of realization and he exclaims in understanding.
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❛ Astronomical phenomena...? Oh! The Perseid meteor shower? ❜ Not a particularly rare meteor shower if one knew where to look for it, as in fact it's one of the few that count as yearly happenings, but nonetheless it's one of the oldest in history and one of the most beautiful few they can hope to catch in their lifetime. Plus, if Chrollo wishes to see it now, it must mean he hasn't found himself in the right place at the right moment for it until today, and if Shalnark's being honest, he hasn't either - not that he'd thought to search for it, though - it hadn't been important enough for him to, but it's definitely not something he'll refuse to see if given the chance to.
This newfound awareness is enough for Shalnark to disregard his previous struggle about food, not even considering not tagging along for the auspicious event now that he's been made aware of it (and now that his thirst for knowledge has been piqued), a hand finding itself on his hip while his next words flow as easily as though this decision has been fact, rather than something he'd struggled mulling over mere moments ago. ❛ Then let's grab some burgers now, and order pizza for later. It's probably less messy to eat while looking up at the sky. ❜
Besides, if any of the others opted to join them in this endeavor, pizza was going to be the easier pick to consistently get a hold of with minimal effort, and between pizza and hamburgers, the former is the food that'd theoretically last them longer. That settles that, then. However, there is still one other issue left to solve, if Chrollo hasn't already taken care of it... ❛ Have you found a good spot to watch from, or should we also add that to the itinerary? ❜
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I think I stumbled upon some kind of ichthyological forbidden knowledge. Opened up a book of names that were never meant to be read.
You've probably heard of "can-opener smoothdream", right? It's practically a meme by now.
But the thing is, it's a deep-sea fish. And deep-sea fish have historically not had English names because nobody drops them into the conversation over a hot cuppa. Sure, there's generic stuff like hatchetfish and barreleye, but when you want to refer to the actual fish you're probably saying such euphonious phrases as Diretmus argenteus, Sternoptyx diaphana, or maybe even Opisthoproctus soleatus.
So whence "can-opener smoothdream"? Certainly no non-ichthyologist has ever used that name. It's not even a direct translation of the scientific name Chaenophryne longiceps - that would be "long-headed gape-toad". Which to me is even cooler than "can-opener smoothdream".
But I digress. The "dream" bit comes from the anglerfish family Oneirodidae, from oneiros, "dream", because those marvelous fishes look like they came out of a dream (Pietsch, 2009).
Note that Pietsch (2009), more or less the anglerfish bible, uses English names at the genus level only. So Chaenophryne is the smoothhead dreamers genus but no mention is made of "can-opener smoothdreams". So no luck there.
Wikipedia, root cause of a lot of misinformation, has this to say.
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"Longhead dreamer" is a far more accurate name. And in fact, despite Wikipedia prioritizing "can-opener smoothdream" (because it's funny?), the links listed use "longhead dreamer" and "smoothhead dreamer" as the name and "can-opener smoothdream" as an alternative.
So. Again. Where did "can-opener smoothdream" come from?
The answer, as it turns out, lies with McAllister (1990).
In the book A List of the Fishes of Canada, ichthyologist D. E. McAllister sought out to list every single fish known to Canadian waters, providing both an English and a French name.
And when there wasn't an English name, like for most deep-sea fishes, he arbitrarily gave them a name. And his names "differ in many instances from the widely accepted names" (Holm, 1998)
This had varying results. This is his name for one of the netdevil anglerfishes.
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The humpback anglerfish or blackdevil anglerfish becomes a werewolf (????).
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This one is just confusing.
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The white-spotted lanternfish or Rafinesque's lanternfish instead becomes...
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And most embarrassingly, the Mediterranean spiderfish gets saddled with something that "violates the tenet of good taste" (Holm, 1998).
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This then is the original source of "can-opener smoothdream". It was invented by an ichthyologist in 1990, and has seen little to no use outside of how bizarre the name is.
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Maybe McAllister's goofier names will catch on. Who knows? They certainly aren't very popular in the scientific community though.
References
Holm, E. (1998) Encyclopedia of Canadian Fishes (review). The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 112, p. 174-175.
McAllister, D. E. (1990) A List of the Fishes of Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.
Pietsch, T. W. (2009) Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. University of California Press, Berkeley.
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