I've been thinking a lot about Euclydian biology lately, specifically in regards to pigmentation thanks to this awesome ask I got on a side blog, and wanted to illustrate some of the ideas I had. Super quick lazy sketches but hey, maybe some of you will dig this! Nerdy stuff under the cut, will make a bit more sense if you read the aforementioned post
Euclydians have a genetic predisposition towards a "resting" color (in Bill's case, yellow). The opposite of this state (full "flexing" of chromatophore-controlling muscles) is also predispositioned, which is what's seen in the threat display. This rapidly stimulates the individual's metabolism and gets their blood really pumping in preparation for conflict, but is also somewhat costly in terms of energy, so is typically only flashed rather than maintained as Bill does it
"Teeth-peeking" is the cute zoology term I came up with for when a Euclydian displays a couple teeth overtop their eye without fully switching into mouth-function, usually as a threat but sometimes a sort of stim when they're hungry
Communicative flashing ("Chromatic") has a few languages. The most primitive is Simplified Emotive which is a quick display of mood, while the most modern is Traditional Chromatic, wherein patterns of color serve as words. Words in Traditional Chromatic are not ciphers like they are in TBoB and there aren't always direct translations into English
There are a couple accepted ways for a naturally colorful Euclydian to signal an emotion or "syllable" that matches their color, typically either by a subtler change in value along the edges or by changing everything BUT the edges
It's probably worth noting that Chromatic of any variant is considered a secondary, uncommon language in modern Euclydian society. It's simply more efficient and easier for most to speak, though I think Simplified Emotive probably stems from the natural threat display and so it's more intuitive. It's not unheard of for someone's edges to flash "angry/surprised" (◼) for a second if you bump into them on the sidewalk
A memetic blush is a learned behaviour in which individuals appear to fluster by a reddish shift in color along the face, edges and vertices. This might just be something Bill (or hypothetically other Euclydians who come into contact with humans) does I'm not sure yet but it's cute so
Given the body needs to conserve more energy when fighting illness, it's not uncommon for chromatophore muscles to weaken or spasm in order to lessen metabolic strain, giving the individual a patchy look that often reveals the naturally white skin below the chromatophore layer
When rigor mortis occurs in a dead Euclydian, all the minute muscles in control of chromatophore dilation contract all at once, rendering the entire body white. Because of this, white is considered a bit of a grim color in Euclydian culture; you know emos are wearing all-white instead of all-black
Conversely, a perfect, non-tinted grey is a regal shade because it's seen as a sign of fitness and strength. Maintaining a neutral grey requires very precise control over one's chromatophores to get the balance right and hold it there
Euclydians are capable of training the muscles that control their chromatophores like any other, and as a result can change their resting color with enough discipline! They can also use this technique to give themselves markings. Haven't decided the cultural implications of this entirely, but I think the idea of someone training themselves to match their threat display so nobody can tell when they're angry, for example, is a cool idea. Possibilities!
These mfs would be the ones to accidentally light water on fire during a flood that they caused.
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what are you all allergic to?
𝑳𝒖𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒈: I'm allergic to cow milk.
IᘜᘜY: pollen :(
ᥣׁׅ֪ꫀׁׅܻ݊ꩇׁׅ֪݊ ꩇׁׅ֪݊ ᨮׁׅ֮: I'm allergic to bee stings :(
яσу: I'm allergic to fish.
ᥕᥱᥒძᥡ: almost every type of food in existence.
ოօɾԵօղ: Roy.
ᥕᥱᥒძᥡ: he meant that he's allergic to soybeans.
Larry: I'm the reason that there are (no peanuts) signs in elementary school classrooms.
J̤̮ṳ̮n̤̮i̤̮o̤̮r̤̮ :̤̮)̤̮ Im allergic to cats.... But not chain chomps!
Hi, yeah so I haven't gotten many asks lately.... Not that I ever did- but I'm just asking if literally anyone can send in asks??? I don't wanna sound demanding but my blog is dying and the ol deadbeat living in my skull that tells me to breath and only has enough creativity to tell me to draw ANOTHER Lemmy hanging out on his circus ball, has no more ideas. Anyways thx! But they will take a bit longer to answer since school already started for me about a week ago, BUT I can answer asks freely today since it's the weekend.
@iggyguyy @starbitdrag0n @your-polyamorous-friend @fluffydragonchips @splatoondetective + anyone else
If Ya'lls wanna do it :]
the og post was long as hell so im remaking but picrew chain! this picrew + the last song you listened to !!
i was tagged by the lovey @selfindulgentfandomstuff
i tag anyone who wants to do this but uhhhh @floralpotions @tomfoolies @frozenhi-chews and @lipsticklens !!!
And here's the duo! Lemmy's teaching Iggy balance because Iggy sucks at it and probably hit his face more than fifteen times already :) anyways lemmy's adorable!
Spewart needs a hug. *Gently hugs the stressed floof*
He needed that :(
Alrighty, the first one we got here is topper!
Topper is the eldest of the broodals and also the shortest for no particular reason, He's also extremely paranoid and jumpy, very easy to startle, and very over protective of his siblings, and not one to back away from a fight. He has extremely good reflexes and can dodge just about anything, which makes it hard to hit him in combat. And he very rarely let's his guard down, also he is often sceptical of new people, and very aggressive towards them, (*(will not let his siblings near anyone he doesn't know, or generally feels is a threat)*) throws a lot of empty threats, and rarely goes through with them, but will absolutely bite you if you get too close, no warning either, just randomly bites you when you get withing 7 feet of him or his siblings, moral of the story don't invade his giant personal bubble unless you want to get beaten to a pulp and lose all your limbs, but depending on the occasion he could just scurry away, it's a gamble of life and death, but if he doesn't notice you somehow and you touch him, he's gonna have a fucking panic attack and he'll be screaming for the next seven hours, anyways! I think I stuck too long on that part- but anyways he's not very jumpy in the morning, he's too tired and most likely wouldn't notice if you punched him in the face multiple times in a row, he just doesn't process anything when he wakes up, so if your gonna hug him, or if you wanna beat him up for some reason, you should do it in the morning...... Yeah that's all I could come up with I know it's crappy, have a good day..... Pretty sure I contradicted myself multiple times in that paragraph-
Sexuality: ???????
Age: 21
Drink: Dr. Pepper
Music: running on a treadmill by: oingo boingo
He/him
:if the photo is blurry click on it:
Ok um 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! Hm looks like we did all the Koopalings welp... Guess were doing Bowser Jr then!
:ok now that we got all seven Koopalings we're doing Bowser Jr! Bowser Jr is the youngest despite being the heir to the koopa thrown and he is probably the most energetic also he's really affectionate but don't be fooled by his looks if you touch his face he will bite you without warning ⚠ anyways he usually hangs out with Ludwig which is the calmest out of everyone and they get along really well he also messes with ludwigs hair when he's not paying attention anyways he loves flowers and strawberry yogurt it's his favorite food he thinks it's delicious and when he's older he wants to be big strong and cool just like his papa!
Sexuality: yeah he doesn't understand that concept yet.
Age: 6
Drink: chocolate milk!
Music: he'll listen to about anything.
I just wanna know more about the broodals. Can you do HCs and stuff for them, maybe?
Sure anon! In fact I was already planning on it! Except I'm lazy and kept putting it off, so I'll do some introduction posts, and once all of those are posted, the broodals will be available for asks! Just gimme like a week to make my crappy official design doodles, and completely butcher they're personalities because that's just what I do..... Also toppers introduction post will be today so give me a moment to make that!