Latest Posts by toaselle - Page 2

In the world of His Dark Materials, each person is born with a daemon: a manifestation of their soul that appears as an animal best matching who they truly are. Featuring 43 different categories and 800 total possibilities from insects to owls to seals to wild cats, you’re sure to find a unique result that fits your personality. What animal form will your daemon take?

the quiz consists of a primary quiz and a secondary quiz, make sure you follow the link in your first result to the secondary quiz!

Fun small details about Wolf from Puss in Boots 2

(spoilers for Puss in Boots The Last Wish)

You can see him in the Background of the crowd (about 7:10) when Puss is fighting the Giant

As Puss recounts his deaths he's there again literally around the corner of the number cards

In the bar fight right before first blood, you can see the kill tally on the sickles way before the character points it out later.

Wolf/Death shows up again right after Puss brags to the crowd, he puts the coins in his eyes not just to look creepy but as a reference to the Greek tradition of putting coins over the eyes of the dead

When Death shows up in the Dark Forest, it's after members of the Baker's Dozen have started to die around Puss. Going by fairytale rules I don't think that Wolf/Death would be able to find Puss without death in Perrito's version of the Dark Forest.

Also in the cave it's funny that the Puss who died cheating at cards is the one to call out Death for cheating by coming to kill Puss himself instead of waiting for him to die naturally.

I can't fanthom to explain you in full how much of a significant moment this is in animation

You don't show blood in animated films, it's like almost a taboo thing. You can show characters getting beat up and bruised but never bleeding. It defies all corporate beliefs of making it a "kids movie". Even GDT's Pinocchio which has fucking nazis in it and guns shooting people never showed blood in it. It's just that sacred of a thing in animation that studios never cross.

But Puss in Boots, they showed it. Not only that, you get a fucking close up on it. Do you know how rare that is? The people who made it probably fought every tooth and nail to get this moment approved, because this is unprecedented in this industry. You don't show actual blood bleeding I cant stress how much this is such a nono in this industry.

But for this moment it's perfect, the inevitability of death in Puss in Boot's eyes, the amount of risk the studio took to get this moment in the film approved, shows how much DreamWorks really cares and wants this movie to not just be another haha kids film but for the adults watching it, the people who have seen the world and fear death, those with anxiety, get panic attacks, unsure about life the universe, getting married, being a family. These aren't ideas catered to kids.

Everytime I've seen people be like "oh studios need to stop making boring ass animations and actually make a film about serious topics and have better animation and care about the movie" THIS IS IT FOLKS. A STUDIO LISTENED AND IT'S OUT HERE IN YOUR FACE.

So seriously go watch Puss in Boots. It's incredible and you're missing out on something beautiful if you don't.

I 💖 reindeer 🔔🦌🎀

Ghost Stories dub should be considered a classic

Ever since the idea of an Arcane daemon AU occurred to me, I have not known peace.

silco • black-necked spitting cobra • ‘sintila’ singed • jewel scarab (a rare mutation) • ‘qef’ viktor • siberian cat • ‘zoya’ vander • gray wolf • ‘dykstra’ vi • indian grey mongoose • ‘agrippas’

Arcane daemon au (part 2)

mel medarda  • springbok  • ‘manu’ jayce  • ring-tailed lemur  • ‘giorina’ viktor  • siberian cat  • ‘zoya’

Keep reading

I love SPY_FAMILY! So that’s have nice animation and story.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S1E06, The Princess and the Queen 

Women with Foxes (by me)

[to the tune of it’s always sunny] the gang plays dnd part 1

———————————————–

M.A.S.H Daemons!!!

Names and Species: Hawkeye - Evelyn (Capuchin monkey) Trapper - Aileen (Irish Wolfhound) BJ - Matilda (Golden retriever) Father Mulcahy - Máiréad (Highland cow) Margaret - Conley (Rooster)  Charles - Patricia (Berkshire pig) Klinger - Hani (chukar) Radar - Aishling (Little brown bat) Henry - Winnie (Jackrabbit)  Col. Potter - Lorraine (Catahoula Leopard Dog) Sidney - Rivka (Polyphemus moth) Frank - Karen (turkey)

If you’re wondering at all the dogs and farm animals, I imagined that was probably common in the 1940′s when there wasn’t a lot of exposure to more relatively exotic animals (unless you’re Hawkeye who went to the zoo once and had to be special)

If anyone wants to tell me my choices are wrong… don’t. don’t do that. that’s mean.

the types of media i like can be placed in one of two categories:

type 1: oh my god this thing is amazing, i love it, i could go on hours long rants about how well executed it was. it has its faults but overall it's excellent.

type 2: i didn't say it was good, i said i liked it

The Three Laws of Fandom

If you wish to take part in any fandom, you need to accept and respect these three laws.

If you aren’t able to do that, then you need to realise that your actions are making fandom unsafe for creators. That you are stifling creativity.

Like vaccination, fandom only works if everyone respects these rules. Creators need to be free to make their fanart, fanfics and all other content without fear of being harassed or concern-trolled for their creative choices, no matter whether you happen to like that content or not.

The First Law of Fandom

Don’t Like; Don’t Read (DL;DR)

It is up to you what you see online. It is not anyone else’s place to tell you what you should or should not consume in terms of content; it is not up to anyone else to police the internet so that you do not see things you do not like. At the same time, it is not up to YOU to police fandom to protect yourself or anyone else, real or hypothetical.

There are tools out there to help protect you if you have triggers or squicks. Learn to use them, and to take care of your own mental health. If you are consuming fan-made content and you find that you are disliking it - STOP.

The Second Law of Fandom

Your Kink Is Not My Kink (YKINMK)

Simply put, this means that everyone likes different things. It’s not up to you to determine what creators are allowed to create. It’s not up to you to police fandom. 

If you don’t like something, you can post meta about it or create contrarian content yourself, seek to convert other fans to your way of thinking.  

But you have no right to say to any creator “I do not like this, therefore you should not create it. Nobody should like this. It should not exist.”

It’s not up to you to decide what other people are allowed to like or not like, to create or not to create. That’s censorship. Don’t do it.

The Third Law of Fandom

Ship And Let Ship (SALS)

Much (though not all) fandom is about shipping. There are as many possible ships as there are fans, maybe more. You may have an OTP (One True Pairing), you may have a NOTP, that pairing that makes you want to barf at the very thought of its existence.

It’s not up to you to police ships or to determine what other people are allowed to ship. Just because you find that one particular ship problematic or disgusting, does not mean that other people are not allowed to explore its possibilities in their fanworks.

You are free to create contrarian content, to write meta about why a particular ship is repulsive, to discuss it endlessly on your private blog with like-minded persons.

It is not appropriate to harass creators about their ships, it is not appropriate to demand they do not create any more fanworks about those ships, or that they create fanwork only in a manner that you deem appropriate.

These three laws add up to the following:

You are not paying for fanworks content, and you have no rights to it other than to choose to consume it, or not consume it. If you do choose to consume it, do not then attack the creator if it wasn’t to your taste. That’s the height of bad manners.

Be courteous in fandom. It makes the whole experience better for all of us.

I think marimos would be quite pleasant friends! They are very friend-shaped after all.

Chibird store | Positive pin club | Webtoon  

edit: i’ve no plans to continue this atm, read this for more info!

Clan Generator’s back!! (for now!)

The first version I put out here got much more popularity than i thought and i’m very happy to hear people have been enjoying it and waiting for an update! :D it’s been more than half a year since so I don’t think this update will reach anywhere near that popularity, but that’s fine honestly.

(here’s old post!)

What’s new:

* Timeskip - the cats can grow older now (edit: there is no way to replace the leader yet, so once the leader dies, the clan will have to go without one)

* Pairing the cats, so that they can have litters of kittens together (a cat can have kittens even without a partner, in which case it will show the other parent as ‘unknown’) it will not notify you of new kittens, you’ll have to find them yourself on the CLAN page.

(also; it gives a small note if the pair can’t have kittens together. However while from the settings you can toggle what kind of pairs can have kittens together, it will still give that note even when it doesn’t apply anymore)

* Starclan to archive old dead cats (edit: there is a cat there already waiting, but sometimes that cat will crash your game when you click on it. Usually only happens once, but be careful)

* Cats can die, but only of old age as of yet (be careful so your clan doesn’t get overpopulated with the timeskips! so far the only way to manage should be by pairing a lot of the cats in same-sex pairs and choosing from the settings to not let them have kittens)

* Settings & info page (just a few options yet)

* and other minor improvements and additions

Why it took so long:

A lot of these improvements I already made ages ago. But there was an issue with the first version that I shared (the same issue that I’ve had with all Python projects i’ve shared) and that is the occasional triggered false virus warnings from my program that some people have gotten. I know this is an issue with many Python-program-turned-executables and it doesn’t seem to have a reliable fix for it, but it really stressed me out when i first heard people were receiving these warnings because I didn’t want to look like I was scamming people or something. So once I figured what the problem was, I thought it’s just best I try to convert this project (and future ones) into the C++ language instead.

Problem is… that would take much longer than I first thought it would. Not just because I’m still a total newbie for C++ but also because of how busy I’ve been. So I’m giving up on that for now (I’ll still learn it eventually for the future projects and maybe for a faraway update on this). So enjoy this update. Or don’t, if you decide you don’t trust my word on those warnings being false, that’s perfectly understandable too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

**** Download links: ****

(just download the .zip file and extract into the folder where you want the program to be in! You don’t need the older version for this)

Windows: x

Mac/Linux (might not work; read note below!!): x

note: The ‘mac/linux’ link is actually just a python version that should be able to work on anything that has Python in it. If you know nothing about Python and Pygame and want to use this version, here’s a short google docs guide I made: x

note 2: if you had a previous clan that you want to use in this updated version, you can: firstly, find the folder called “saves” in the old clanGen folder. There should be two files there (’cats.txt and clan.txt’). Simply replace the new files with the same names and same location in the new clanGen.2/saves folder with those two old files. Leave the “settings.txt” file as it is.

*** Questions/answers ***

Multiple save files/saving old clans?

Future plans for clangen?

How did I make clangen?

If you have any questions or issues, feel free to ask me!! Thank you if you decide to try this update out! :DD

(also i’d love it you shared your generated clans with me!!)

Holy shit a rare good xr take

George Washington’s Dæmon

George Washington and Keion (White Horse) 

I am a political historian and love to think about what form various historical figures dæmons might take, and so I thought I might start doing my own historical head cannons every now and then. Since tomorrow is constitution day here in the U.S. Washington seemed like an appropriate start. These are not really meant to be political or in-depth, just a brief sketch of why the person is famous and their character followed by their dæmon. This was a lot of fun to put together, so if anyone has ideas for who to do next please send them in.  

Though certainly not perfect, Washington is one of the most famous and celebrated figures in history. In his lifetime he led the United States in its rebellion against the British empire, chaired the nation’s constitutional convention, and served as the US’s first president. He is widely hailed as the father of his country, and many historians believe his extraordinary willpower and reputation for virtue can be credited with holding the fledgling country together in its earliest days.

A white horse is the perfect fit for Washington. Horses are usually associated with freedom, dignity, power, and high aims. All of this fits the major narratives of Washington’s life. A white horse in particular, puts one in mind of a magnanimous figure who works as a celebrated military leader and statesmen. I can just imagine him riding his magnificent dæmon across the battlefield.    

I have given his dæmon an Ancient Greek name which means nobility, which seems very fitting. 

.

LOTRO Daemon Au 1/

Aragorn / Strider / Estelle: Red tailed hawk

Arwen Daughter of Elrond: White Stallion

Gimli son of Gloin: Bighorn Sheep

Boromir son of Denethor: Leonberger

Prince Legolas son of Thranduil: Borzoi

(HC) Daemon Lore Excerpt

.

.

The most common Daemon's are those of the domesticated variety.

In particular that of the dog, cat, and rodent.

It is assumed that part of the deciding factor for a person's Daemon outcome, is the societal upbringing centered around certain animal's, and partially the characteristics of the actual animal your Daemon represents.

It is thought that due to domesticated animals being so prevalent in human's upbringing is a strong factor in a majority of people's Daemon settling as one.

As ages pass, it is noticed how Daemon's forms change, and how the majority settles. An example of this is the abundance of livestock Daemon's from medieval times, such as horses, cattle, dog, sheep, ect..

And in paleolithic period, examples of ancient beasts such as the plaestocene wolf and the Caprinae.

fanart for @tciddaemina’s lovely Daemon AU fanfic! <3

for @sunsetofdoom whose ofmd daemon au lives rent-free in my brain (and who has been super fun to talk to about daemon thoughts)

From The Running Foxes, by Joyce Stranger. Illustrated by David Rook. 1965. 

A collection of unique critters! Are you able to name all of them?

Death Note Daemons

Opening credits of Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989 - 2013)

Title designer Pat Gavin created the opening sequence in 1988. It was his job to set the tone for the tv show. The neat, streamlined sequence features Art Deco iconography in flight; Cassandre-style trains, boats, and biplanes with Poirot’s name formed by the wheels. In a reference to Poirot’s most famous case, Murder on the Orient Express, the detective is glimpsed aboard the passing train.

“The idea for the titles was a portrait of a man and his time. The late Mike Oxley — or “OXO” as we called him — was the production designer and we put our heads together and found we were both thinking about Art Deco as a stylistic theme. I had some old architectural magazines with all those wonderful buildings of the ‘20s and ‘30s, with architectural plans, and that was my original inspiration. I wanted to make it all look exactly like architectural photography from that time. They had a wonderful atmosphere. But I wasn’t able to quite achieve that look, partly due to budget and partly to not having a clue! I had to find another way, so it became Art Deco–Cubism. I liked the idea of the fractured, multifaceted Cubist style because it reminded me of a puzzle and this is of course what Poirot does — he solves puzzles. Making Poirot himself a bit of a puzzle seemed to describe the man and what he does. Brian Eastman, the producer, and David Suchet, the actor who played Poirot — brilliantly, I might add — both agreed and gave me the green light. David was very helpful during the filming. He was a joy to direct.“ - Pat Gavin, artofthetitle.com interview, March 26 2013