Okay So The Story Is Kinda Reminding Me Of Space Station Weird. Its Probably The "guy Trapped On Ship

i hate the realization that a lot of the fictional men i find attractive are around or over 40, and even if theyre way (read: centuries) older they still look (or sound) 40ish.

why is it all old man yaoi.

does anyone else feel violated every time they see an old spice ad because if i see any more unsolicited toes im killing someone

i got just a little silly in the car teehee

i just realized there's gotta be some connection between me being obsessed with octonauts as a kid and now being obsessed with subnautica and my ideal career being doing fucked up cool mad scientist ocean stuff

book has been finished (this morning). holy shit. wowee

i took a lot of notes about my thoughts at the moment in my sketchbook and i feel like it'd be easier to send them directly than decipher my thought process (spoilers btw i hope thats obvious)

also i looked at the movie trailer out of curiosity and they did Rocky DIRTY!!!!!!!!!! Like ik his name is Rocky and "oh he has stony skin" yknow what else has stony skin? ECHINODERMS. THATS WHAT IT FUCKING MEANS. And you know whats an echinoderm with radial symmetry, a (typically) pentagonal central portion and five limbs? STARFISH. THE ERIDIANS ARE FUCKING SPACE STARFISH NOT CHUNKS OF CONCRETE WITH PIPECLEANER LEGS

edit: thank fuck that trailer was fake holy shit audio is so important in telling if something is fake now

i got project hail mary yesterday so everybody better be ready for YAPPING!!!!!!!!

"He don't look like no damn ninja turtle"

-homie who has never played bg3

Hello Bytewire, I love your analysis!, and may I ask about architects planet, all what I seen/know about it is picture in ending of SBZ, and interesting, what do you think/know about their planet? ^^

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Analyzing the Architect Home World.

Not much is known about the state of the Architect's home world regarding Architect settlements and life on the planet. While the buildings we see are intact, it is not definitive towards the state of the collective. If it still exists. So, instead of this being speculation about whether Architects still operate on their home world, I will go over all the information that I can gather about their planet from what we have seen. I will also use freecam to take a closer look at details you wouldn't normally be able to view.

Let's begin with what we see in the final cutscene.

As AL-AN navigates out of the Phase Gate and through the atmosphere the ship is steered through heavy storm clouds, narrowly being guided through edifices of buildings that form what appears to be a cityscape. The ship breaks through the storm and is met with a harsh sun glare before getting a fuller view of this grand Architect city sitting on an area of high elevation. There are structures much bigger than we see in 4546B, though it's hard to discern their purposes. Despite AL-AN not having been here for a millennium—there is a surprising lack of ruin. Floating buildings supported by cables haven't fallen, multiple Phase Gates are still in operation, and there is no overgrowth of any plant life. I wouldn't necessarily call it 'maintained' but it certainly isn't in a state of desecration.

Now, let's take a look at what can be seen on their home world in freecam.

It's hard to discern the surface due to all the clouds, but if you set the game speed to zero and toggle freecam we are able to see the full skybox. This reveals a lot more information than the brief image you see in the cutscene. As you can see, there are many clouds still, but towards the bottom left they part a bit, and you can see glimpses of the terrain. It is high elevation and rocky. Fitting with the description of Architect bodies being made for navigating rough terrain. Their legs described as being reminiscent of mountain goats. It makes sense that the terrain of their home planet is rocky and mountainous.

Architect buildings seem to focus on vertical structure first and foremost. Whether it be the skyscrapers, grand entrances, or floating platforms suspended by their levitation technology and supported with cables. On many of these buildings there appears to be areas where ships may be docked. Given the ability for AL-AN to integrate himself with the ship, their vessels having the 'blink' teleportation ability, and the use of phase gates, their vertical design seems to account for ability to quickly and efficiently travel between them.

There are also a few buildings you can view that you otherwise wouldn't be able to, though these structures do not differ much from the larger ones that are seen.

The high elevation, the storms we see as we first enter the home world, and the abundance of clouds may indicate a harsh environment. It's most probable that (in the location we see) it is somewhat commonplace for their home world. Architect vessels are adapted for extremes after all.

The unusual weather most likely originates from global temperatures warming due to Architect activity rather than from their star, as the planet's distance from its star seems to be similar to Earth's. This is probably what causes the large amount of clouds. This would make things pretty humid and prone to fast weather cycles.

Their buildings having no windows may be more for practicality in that sense. It'd be a lot less structurally sound in case of extreme weather events if they were to have windows.

Around this concave structure, typically hidden by another building, and here peeking through the clouds, you can see what potentially could be plant life. It appears short, like shrubs and/or small grasses. They appear to be a warmer hue. Reds and oranges rather than green like on 4546B or Earth. If these are plants, that would suggest their star produces more green and blue light that the plants absorb. Adapting to reflect the warmer hues.

The sky that we are able to see is a colder shade of blue that fades to a more purplish color as you look up. This could be due to a higher argon content in their atmosphere, or it could be due to the way the light reflects through the numerous clouds and various gasses present. As for the atmosphere itself, it's probably safe to assume that it would be breathable for humans, but with a lesser oxygen content, partly due to the elevation, partly due to the general makeup. (I wouldn't imagine AL-AN taking Robin along if he knew she would asphyxiate lol)

Next are some small, unclear details, but ones I felt worth mentioning.

There is what might be either a distant star, another planet, or a small celestial body that orbits the Architect home world. It is uncertain, but it is distinct within the top right corner of the skybox.

Looking down towards the middle there appears to be a potential body of water. Whether it is a lake or an ocean is unclear as the clouds don't part enough to see it in full.

There are more mountains behind the second phase gate in the horizon that don't appear to have any structures near them.

This concludes the main things that I noticed. Anything else would be too grand of a speculation, and I do my best to keep my posts within canon territory.

I hope that this was helpful information about their home planet! I can also cover more Architect-specific parts in another post if wanted, but I tried to focus on the planet itself while also discussing the Architect—well—architecture. Just like the rest of the info about Architects, their home world is shrouded in ambiguity.

why orange cats are stupid little dipshits

after doing a bit of googling, i cannot find a single actual study that has been done to determine why orange cats are considered stupid, but i have a theory.

its because orange cats are mostly male

now thats not me being "heehoo men stoopie" (very stupid trans man), its like a valid theory. 80% of orange cats are male (quick google search results) because the gene for being orange is linked to the X chromosome, so most gingers are male.

so i propose an experiment.

we take two groups of several common coat colors/patterns of domestic shorthairs (since those are the most common housecat (another quick google search). each of the 2 groups for each coat will have 100 individuals, one group with the average male/female ratio of that coat normally (for gingers that would be 80 males, and 20 females) and the second group would be 50/50 male female.

then, follow the cats from birth to maturity (~2 years old)(google search) and track "mental" milestones. also important that these cats would be raised in a typical "household" setting you found find a normal domestic cat in, and they would be raised alone.

then, after all that info is gathered, compare the relative intelligence of the cats of the average m/f ratio and the 50/50 m/f ratio. theoretically the average m/f ratio of orange cats should be dumber than the 50/50 ratio of oranges

and then, finally, we (and i) will have a true explanation for why (my) orange cat(s) are fucking stupid as all hell

GRAHHH!!!! SPECULATIVE BIOLOGY!!!! FUCKED UP EXTRATERESTRIAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i got project hail mary yesterday so everybody better be ready for YAPPING!!!!!!!!

so i got volume 30 of aoex and im reminded how much i fucking love Lewin "WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER💥🦅‼️‼️" Light because honestly hes the most American american ive ever seen in anime and i would not trust him to be within 100 washing machines of a school (because he would actively try traumatizing the kids)