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It's school time. My endorphins have swam off, my melatonin has become too mellow for its own good, and my dopamine is smoking dope in the corner.

- Me 2020

Question for y’all

How would you feel about a Steven Universe high school au? It would be based off those promo drawings of the gems, but set in America rather than Japan. Let me know what you think.

Here are some of the drawings btw:

I got them off the wikia, in case you were wondering

- Pasta

Octo Types

So I noticed a few distinct different types of octoling in splatoon's lore and gameplay, and I thought would share my ideas about them with y’all. Here we go!

Type 1

These are the Octolings that you see in story mode. Their distinct features include:

Identical hair colour and outfits, basically clones

All female

Ink and Octo forms do not reflect hair.

Type 2

These Octolings are the playable ones. They have a much softer demeanour than Type 1, and have more variation.

Their entire tentacles change colour with their ink.

Their eyes appear very timid, but also calculating.

Their Octo forms reflect their ink and tentacle colour.

Type 3

Only two examples of this type exist, Marina Ida and Dedf1sh/Ahato. They have the most variation between individuals. The distinctive features present include:

Compentency with DJ equipment

Coloured fingertips

Tipped hair. In the case of marina, these tips change depending on her team colours.

What does this mean, anyway?

It could mean nothing, but the differences are so acute that it's unlikely to be meaningless. It could indicate different species, or a type of caste system (I.e. Type 3 work as Idols/remixers, Type 1 work as common soldiers).

Thanks for reading!

- Pasta

An alternative gem naming system

If you’re watched Steven Universe, you’ve probably seen fan explanations about the Facet & Cut system. The system is okay, however I feel like it lacks potential somewhat. I therefore give you my alternate naming system for your gemsonas.

The structure of the system follows this pattern:

Carat

The carat section of the name shows the quality, colour and rank of the gemstone. The notation goes:

Q6-CB-R3

The Q notation represents the quality of the gem, on a scale of 1 to 10. This gem would be about average in terms of strength and other abilities.

The C notation represents the hue of the gem. This gem would be slightly towards the blue side of the spectrum. There can also be other spectrum changes, including R (red), P (pale), and I (rich). The pale term doesn’t reflect a defect in this case. For gems that can be any or many colors, other terms can be used.

The R notation indicates the gem's place in society. This is different from the caste system. The options include:

1 - Builders

2 - Warriors/Soldiers

3 - Servants

4 - Entetainers

5 - Technicians

6 - Supervisors

7 - Colonisers

8 - Scientists

9 - Administration

10 - Pilots

This gem would be some sort of servant, perhaps a Pearl.

Cut

This may sound the same as the canonical version, but my formula is somewhat different. It reads:

SCabochon-O GPearl

It can be broken down relatively easily:

The S notation indicates the shape and cut of the gemstone. The first term can either be Cabochon or Cut. The second term represents the overall shape. The example is interpreted as a oval Cabochon. If the first term is cut, however, the name is written.

You can use this method without credit, but feel free to credit anyway.

- Pasta

Merr Chrismas

(Vaggie is having a heart attack from babey vibe overload in the background)

Seriously tho, merry Christmas/Hanukkah/miscellaneous festive season.

- Pasta

Goodbye and Thank You

Thank you, Garnet, for showing us a healthy LGBTQ relationship.

Thank you Amethyst, for showing us how to love ourselves.

Thank you Pearl, for showing us how to grow.

Thank you Lapis, for showing us how to overcome our fears.

Thank you Peridot, for showing us that we can learn to love life, in all its forms.

Thank you Bismuth, for showing us true loyalty.

Thank you Jasper, for showing that progress takes time.

Thank you Spinel, for showing us that there is always someone out there for us.

Thank you White, for showing us that it's okay to be honest with ourselves.

Thank you Blue, for showing us that it is okay to grieve.

Thank you Yellow, for showing us that love can come from the least likely of places.

Thank you Pink and Rose, for showing us that everyone makes mistakes.

Thank you Greg, for showing us the beauty of humanity.

Thank you Connie, for showing us and Steven love.

And finally, thank you Steven. For everything.

- Pasta

Steven Falls Over

Hmm... this could be foreshadowing....

Or maybe Pearl pushed Steven onto the rink...

I dunno, just saying. Those are some skinny hands...

- Pasta

Pride month is a bit like Halloween if you think about it.

Sexy costumes, sick beats, street festivals, community connection and the fun of terrifying conservatives. All in one.

But yeah, SPOOKY TIEM!!,

Hee hee Coroika shitpost machine go brr

Idea by Coroika incorrect quotes.

- Pasta

Bushfires.

Don’t usually reblog lots of stuff, but as an Aussie, this hits really close to home. A favourite camspite of mine, where I made so many good memories, was burned down in an earlier bushfire. Some school friends with asthma have had to go home early because they couldn’t breathe. Every morning, I wake up, look out the window, and see a haze of smoke, almost covering the sky. Some days the smoke smells almost chemical.

Here is the situation as of 5 hours ago (excerpt taken from The Guardian newspaper):

Queensland

14 homes had been destroyed.

There were 80 active fires.

Leave immediately and leave now alerts had been issued at locations including Kinkuna Waters, Pechey, Buxton, Woodgate/Walkers Point Road, Kilkivan and Noosa North Shore.

There were 293 vehicles across all of the fires around the state.

100 interstate and international personnel had arrived in the state to assist.

Very high to severe conditions were expected to persist across Queensland. Conditions may ease in some areas on Thursday but severe fire danger was expected again into the weekend.

New South Whales

There were 76 active fires.

None were currently at emergency warning level, most were at watch and act or advice level.

Conditions eased on Wednesday after the catastrophic and extreme fire danger ratings on Tuesday.

Thursday was forecast to bring very high fire danger across much of the state, as was Friday, with potentially severe fire danger on Friday in the greater Hunter region.

The very high fire danger being experienced in the north-east of the state was expected to continue for the rest of the week.

The Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, said severe conditions forecast for the weekend would be followed by another burst of hot air next week, meaning crews “simply aren’t going to get the upper hand on all of these fires”.

Western Australia

One fire was at emergency warning level at Drummond Cove in Geraldton.

A second fire, the Utakarra fire in Geraldton had been downgraded to watch and act.

AAP was reporting that two homes had been destroyed and two homes had been damaged in Geraldton.

Please. Wise up, Government, and cut the shit.

My heart goes out to the firefighters. Love you guys, absolute LEGENDS. Keep it up.

- Pasta

tl;dr my country is literally on fire and the politicians refuse to help

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, but you probably haven’t heard about what’s happening in Australia.

we’re on fire.

approximately ¼ of australia’s population is in catastrophic fire danger. A catastrophic fire level means your only chance of surviving is leaving before it’s too late.

it’s Spring in Australia, and rainforests aren’t meant to be dry enough to burn, yet at the time of writing this (11/11/19) there are 71 active fires in NSW (43 out of control), and 51 active fires in Queensland - not including those that have already burned before now, and there are more in other states. Sydney is already rated “catastrophic”, the first time this rating has ever been used there since its creation in 2009. That’s right, we had to add yet another level of destructiveness, because “high”, “very high”, “severe”, and “extreme” were no longer adequate. To quote the Fire Danger Ratings, “for your survival, leaving early is the only option”. conditions tomorrow will be the worst they have been, and people are evacuating as we speak. the fire fighters are preparing as best they can.

This isn’t just about people losing their homes; people have died and will die, countless animals have already lost their lives and many more will still perish. our land, our lives, and our hope is up in flames and will soon be nothing but ash. the annual fire season has not even begun yet. this is only the beginning. my native land is burning, and there is nothing i can do to stop it.

the government refuses to acknowledge that we are in a climate crisis. the fires have never been this bad. we have been in severe drought for more than a year which has only contributed to the force of these fires. the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has done nothing but send his “thoughts and prayers”. He will not accept aid from other countries because he is too egotistical to admit that we need it. All the while the people of this land are suffering. Climate change needs radical human change to be combated. we are already seeing the results of years of indifference, and this is barely the beginning of something that will only get worse the longer government’s and big companies refuse to act to counteract climate change.

Our government has also cut funding to Fire and Rescue NSW by 35.4%, the Rural Fire Service by 75.2%, and QLD Rural Fire Service by 26.42%, resulting in closures of services; they don’t have the resources to cope. We are fighting a losing battle against the results of climate change.  and this is only the beginning.