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GhostOpossum

@ghostopossumlives

he/him, mostly cis, bi, ADHD-PI, Autistic, Cyclothymic. I mostly draw my own Original Content and Original Characters and occasionally Fanart. Feel free to ask or message me if you'd like to talk about my ideas. (NO SOLICITING. I do not exchange money through the internet. I neither buy nor sell. This is a fun place for me and I do all my business elsewhere. Requests for money or business proposals will be Blocked.)

that some people respond to any well-foreshadowed reveal with โ€œugh that plot twist was so predictableโ€ proves bad faith criticism has rotted their brains to the point they think itโ€™s bad writing if they can correctly identify information the writers were intentionally giving them

Sometimes the point of the reveal is not to shock you. Sometimes the point is anticipation of the reveal. You know itโ€™s coming, just not when, how, or what the consequences will be. And sometimes that can be so much more interesting than not seeing it coming at all.

Prophecies: "The Chosen One will find his sword on Old Boggy Hill, and drive the darkness from this land."

Prophecies the second you turn five hundred years old: "LETHE LIFTS THE BLIND EYES OF UR ON A NEW AENEIS. WHEN WOODEN STONES SOW LEGGED MEN, THEIR BLOOD DIGS SHALLOW TOMBS."

Y'know when you're doing a quick painting study and get all swept up in the moment ๐Ÿ˜… I didn't know this would turn out so hyper-realistic, I'm suddenly nervous about AI accusations for the first time in my art journey (fuck AI, to be clear)

I drew some Orovoro faces, I'm not fully satisfied with them just yet. Figuring out coloring them right will be important because the species emote using chromatophores. These pictures are already wrong because I've decided to not have them use facial expressions at all.

Black: Aggression-Hostile

Red: Aggression-Social

Orange: Annoyance

Yellow: Fear, Stress-Immediate

Green: Happiness-Satisfaction

Blue: Happiness-Excitement/Arousal

Purple: Laughter Equivalent

Brown: Stress-Ongoing, Illness, Exhaustion

Gray/Tan: Tiredness, Boredom

Pastels: Severe Intoxication

White: Seizure/Medical Shock

They usually turn a blotchy mix of green, gray, and tan when they are asleep. Red and Black are different because Red means aggressive as in "competitive/dominant" and Black means aggressive as in "might commit a murder".

Green, Tan, and Gray are their usual colors, while other colors typically don't appear for more than a few minutes at a time. These chromatophores have different expanded/contracted defaults. When an Orovoro suffers from a seizure or goes into medical shock, it causes all of their chromatophores to contract and turn their skin a semitransparent, milky white color. An Orovoro can contract all of its chromatophores deliberately, but this is usually only done while undergoing medical checks to help their doctor examine their veins and organs.

Orovoro can control their colors deliberately in much the same way that a human can ontrol their facial expressions. Some being better at it than others.

Ghostopossumlives

Lots of thoughts recently. Everything feels plastic.

I could go on and on about why all that AI "art" is bad. I could mention theft, lack of creativity, it's impact on the work field and environment, but countless people have already said all that. I wanted to touch on something that to me is the most utterly wrong about all of it.

Art is more than just something pretty to look at or listen to. It's therapeutic. It's a form of communication. A tool for human connection. It's a pure, human need.

Support real artists โ˜€๏ธ

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estrogenesis-evangelion

cuno doesn't give a fuck for your cat, pig. cuno's got a great big fucking slice of gruyere to eat, pig

PIGS ASKIN FOR IDEALOGICALLY DUBIOUS PASTORALISM LIKE ITS NO BIG DEAL

Version 1.0.1 patch notes:

  • Fixed potential crash in neighbor's backyard
  • Removed Cuno

Version 1.0.2 patch notes

  • Removed Cuno

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Calling scam victims stupid, much like cult members, serves to do nothing but make you feel superior, blame victims for the wrongs done to them, and in turn actually makes you more vulnerable to scams (and cults, and so on). "Look at these people! Morons! I could never be one of them because I am smart, unlike these people who fell for them because they are stupid. It is not about vulnerability and luck, both of which are factors that could affect me, it is all simply a matter of in-born intelligence, which is why I, a better human, don't have to worry about falling for them."

And boom, you have already let your guard down - you would never fall for a scam (or cult, etc.) so you can safely click on that link or read that pamphlet because if it was a scam you'd have identified it as such immediately, because you are smart. You don't need to stop and question. You're too smart. And, really, if they didn't want to get scammed they shouldn't have gone out dressed like that.

We're all potential victims. Every single one of us has been at one point or another been at vulnerable to a scammer, or a pickpocket, or any other number of external force trying to harm you for their own benefit. Blaming the victims feels good but it doesn't help shit in the long run.

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