epic-semicolon-ftw asked:
based on that idea that some eridians would hate grace for starting a counter cultural movement amongst the Youths, what sorts of stuff do you think that'd include (beyond some of the more obvious things)? like, 'cool new teen fad of choosing a 'face' side they turn towards other people while talking and decorating it accordingly'
That’s actually a really cool concept. Maybe they body mod or decorate their carapaces with fancy textured paint on only one side of their bodies. They still are naturally hardwired to not care about which side of their body is facing someone when they talk but they would be hyped about showing off their decorated side to their friends like someone taking their shirt off and showing off a new tattoo.
There is also a new fad of scandalous dirty dancing that the older generation fucking HATES.
epic-semicolon-ftw asked:
also taking this onto my last ask do you think there'd be a concerted effort from the Alien-Crazed Youths to do things like figuring out how to throw stuff like a human? I ask because I do think if so there'd be at least one incident where ONE Jackass Eridian Politician has stupid things thrown at them by a group of eridian teenagers that broke into a conference of some sort.
maybe not even in a 'We Like Grace Fuck You' way, but that guy's a dickhead and once you figure out how to throw things in a place where security doesn't expect that to be anything the world's your oyster. yannow?
Humans are the best throwers in the animal kingdom, I would argue that our ability to throw things is one of the major factors of our evolutionay sucess, I mean have you ever seen professional baseball players??
Eridians do have a ball socket joint in their “shoulders” but they do have some limitations to range of motion, their hands aren’t as dexterous and their rigid structures can’t bend or twist for extra propulsion so I don’t think throwing things would be their forte.
However I do think that they would use other human behaviors as a protesting tactic. There’s a small time local politician Grace named Seville running for city council who built a platform on cutting the funding to Grace’s biodome project with the justification that humans were a possible future foreign threat went up to the podium to fearmonger and spread hatespeech for his campaign when a group of college age Eridian youths ran up to the front of the crowd, got on stage and proceeded eat in public and only stopped when their unconcious bodies were dragged offstage. This has sparked a sort of trend/meme amongst rebellious youths and activists to speedrun the politician during every speech to derail the event with public indecency and distruption to the point where the politician had to submit to only campaigning in a private radio station.
He did not get elected.
Oh, I just realized I can upload videos here! So I made a special one for you.This is one of my favorite paintings -Aurora. And she’s a little unusual because my northern lights are pink.You can see part of the process in the video. I used masking tape to create some of the shapes, fluorescent pigments mixed with a fluid gel medium, and phosphorescent paints that absorb light and glow in the dark.That’s probably what I love most about paintings like this: they never look exactly the same.In daylight, you see one painting.
Under blue or UV light, the colors suddenly change and become incredibly intenseAnd when the room finally goes dark, the stars begin to glow on their own.It feels like having a tiny piece of night sky living on the wall.
If you want to try something similar yourself, I should probably warn you: I used quite a ridiculous collection of materials for this one. You absolutely don’t need all of them. Start with a few fluorescent colors, a good gel medium and maybe one glow-in-the-dark pigment. Experiment and see where it takes you.
Sometimes the most interesting part of painting is discovering what materials can do when you stop using them in the most obvious way.
A little Aurora for your evening.
If Deathnote was an omegaverse, Light Yagami would be a beta pretending to be an alpha. In this essay, I will—
Elaborate???
I think a core part of Light’s character is that he has to be an unsympathetic case study on hubris. Having him be a beta faking alpha status fulfills two key tenants of his character:
It’s canon that Light could have a great life if he just took advantage of what was in front of him. Instead, he throws it away in pursuit of privilege and absolute power. He is intelligent, socially adept, and the son of a high ranking cop. He has every reasonable advantage afforded to an upper middle class man in Japan. Being a beta would be perfectly fine. He’d be seen as a steady, reliable person, but not extra special. For that, he’d have to be an alpha on top of everything else.
Now let’s address the other option. Light as an omega faking alpha status is an interesting spin, but I believe it only satisfies half the requirements for his character. In the end, he still goes off the deep end. As an omega though, there’s an argument that he didn’t jump, he was pushed. Like, we’d all be on the verge of becoming the fucking Joker (*waves in trans dude*) after facing discriminatory bullshit. That would fundamentally alter the narrative. Instead of, “Privileged cop’s kid throws away promising future to become mass murderer in pursuit of godhood,” it would be, “Underdog minority lashes out after having to hide status to survive.”
The second option is a good story. It’s also not Light Yagami’s narrative as he is portrayed in canon. This is not me saying don’t write it—holy shit, tag me, I fucking love those takes—just that I firmly believe that canon Light would be a beta who faked alpha status for social status.
TL;DR: He’s gotta be a beta faking alpha status because Light is a goddamn pickme. He will never be happy with a guaranteed gold medal. He wants to be the judge so he can declare himself the ultimate winner. Putting the podium on a necklace is what kills him.
hey it's no skin off my dick.
boy that really skins my dick!
well that ain't worth a skinned dick.
they're bad for each other. they've taken a bullet for one another. they're maladaptive. they see each other like no one else. their relationship has been pushed past the brink. they're in therapy. their behavior is unacceptable. they wake up every morning and try.
me at work pretending like I'm not imagining putting my blorbos in the most horrendous tortures known to mankind:
