Aranea Serket
@anyphaenidsGrandeur
Sylph of Light. 8eforan. Cerulean. Please do not inquire a8out my past atrocities.
Comparing heights is always an interesting social engagement that crops up every so often. Height has always 8een somewhat of a point of asserting dominance on others, hence why high8loods 8eing tall is actually slightly more common than low8loods. It could certainly 8e a cluck8east or the em8ryo situation in which taller high8loods were more successful at 8reeding over the eons or if high8loods are just naturally inclined towards 8eing vertically gifted. Naturally, there are excpetions...
If I were a lesser troll, I'd say "I told you so."
honestly it was not actually that bad! i just hope no one severely regrets it when they sober up.
if anyone does then i hope i might be able to comfort some of them. it was fun but i can understand if some people felt they went too far.
I pro8a8ly should have 8een tagging my posts regarding the lollipop juju as su8tance a8use. I just 8arely conceive of such an o8ject as an actual drug rather than...I don't know, a cosmic o8ject? Jujus are in that strange territory 8etween actual magic and game logic in some situ8tions, after all. I would more hearken it to a "power up transformation." Your 8oundless potential made manifest in glittery colorful form! It just so happens to also completely o8liter8te your impulse control. So. I guess it is a 8it of a drug. #su8stancea8use
One of the facets of the lollipop juju that I find to 8e strangely compelling is how it constructs a certain narrative in an im8i8er's mind. The trickster juju doesn't just serve as a happy drug that kills your rational thinking, it also has a secondary effect. It also has one effectively attempt to "crush" whatever pro8lems they could 8e undergoing, psychological or otherwise. It's why it's much more useful as a stimulant for cheru8s, who don't ordinarily have the social capacity to work out whatever insecurities they might 8e dealing with. It leads to an interesting phenomenon wherein one under its effects undergo rapid "character development," or at least try to frame their actions as such. Overcoming adversity and worry with just a lick of a lolly rather than the muck and toil of gradual healing. The tempt8tion is understanda8le.
Imagine 8eing capa8le of venting all your frustr8tions and fears without the anxiety that accompanies vulnera8ility. A total release of inhi8itions alongside the sincerest 8elief that this is *good* for you. Scary thought.
i mean venting can be good but i feel like vulnerability is an important aspect to it! otherwise everything that comes out is just like toxic sludge. i can see why people in the know advised against attending the event haha.
Naturally, I and my altern8tes had the good sense to not only not attend, 8ut advise against it as well. Still...is it wrong that I do want to know what people would say a8out me while in such a st8te? Or what secrets that they might have 8een hiding that they weren't even aware of?
i can understand the sort of voyeuristic side of it in that regard yeah. i don't think it's wrong, although it is difficult to get consent from someone to witness that considering what the candy does to you!
Don't say voyeuristic!! You make it sound like I'm 8eing some kind of pervert a8out it!
voyeuristic does not inherently mean in a perverted way! i just mean being let in on something you are not supposed to under normal circumstances.
May8e so. Still, rest assured, the trickster juju is...mostly not harmful, save for the hangovers that accompany them. And the social consequences.
I am curious...no. I have my limits. It would 8e murder on my thinkpan anyhow. #iwantcandy
maybe you should? i dont think anything as bad as yesterdays bombing could happen again
You all have fun this evening, 8y the way. Or at least don't 8e killed in the midst of some manner of violent frenzy. #EridanWeek # Staying At Hive
I always found it very...how do I put it? Interesting would 8e the kindest word that I can muster, I think. Interesting. I find it interesting to amass a collection of supposed "doomsday devices" in order to eventually "o8liter8te the impudent landdwelling curs." Particularly when the majority of said doomsday devices were 8uilt 8y a landdweller for the purposes of what I can only assume are out of some sarcastic egocentric mindgames. It had certainly tickled my fancy, at least on a strictly technical level. How would one implement such a machine upon the creatures of land and not have that leave a profound negative effect on the seadwelling popul8tion? (Spoilers: it can't really 8e done.) I still always considered at least the practical applic8tion of such a thing to 8e of some intrigue to me. What immedi8tely comes to mind is, naturally, simply flooding the landscape. It's 8een done, 8ut I wouldn't consider the illustrious Alternian empress' apocalyptic takeover to 8e particularly fruitful for her. I mean, she *did* succeed, 8ut it didn't even seem as though it netted her significant 8enefits. Her su8jug8tion only lasted...a couple hundred sweeps? I got off-track. Six sweep olds trading and manufacturing weapons of mass destruction is nevertheless darkly humorous.
its cuz violets are a buncha blowhards who think they the biggest fish in the sea
I try not to speak ill of other castes, I promise I try to. We should all 8e candid with ourselves and confront the reality that just 8ecause they're royalty doesn't make a violet any more or less...incapa8le of making completely illogical decisions. # Violet Vagueing
yeahh you can talk yo righteous game til the cows come flyin ill never begrudge you a that serket. a lotta them are stupid as fuck tho n u can say it
I mean they are. They're idiots. 8ut that's just not very polite to say now, is it?
Not all of us are capa8le of 8eing a 8ad 8each without a care or thought for our reput8tion. Nor are all of us as adept at evading certain individuals who just love to preach of "caste equity."
cause you aint even tryna be one! and skill issue serket. you eva need a hiding place ill share some a mine just ask
Oh no. I'm not falling for that. You say "just ask" with the unspoken fine print including "helper's fee due upfront." I will leave the practice of 8ad 8itchery to you.
I feel morally o8lig8ted to follow my teamm8tes from SGRU8, regardless of my personal opinions of them. If I don't have their 8acks, who does? # 8eforan Solidarity # Reluctant Loyalty
Fun fact for Eridan week...fun fact for Eridan week...hm. I...genuinely don't have any interesting lore tid8its for this one. Sorry everyone.
◥▶◀◤ —> A... a bully? Where, how big is he? Er... heightwise, of course...#nsfw
...Okay, I have one, 8ut this is kind of a secret, so don't go and spread it around. It is discussed in academic circles that Eridan was meant to 8e a prophesized hero of Hope with a gr8 destiny, 8ut rumors a8ound of a malicious and evil time-traveling wizard that thwarted said destiny from hatching. ...It's just a wiggler story, though.
- Holy. Freaking. Moly. 🤯 - I had no idea... that wizards and timme travel and heroes of "Hope" even EXISTED. Unless it is just a wiggler story. Which is fine, even if that sort of thing is a flight of fancy or whatever. 🤣🤣 - But if you had a Grubstack or a Grummblr where you mmight keep other such "lore." I would be VERY interested in reading mmore of your writing. 👀😆
W8. Are there individuals seriously considering im8i8ing the lollipop juju? For like, fun? I'll have to remem8er to log off that day whenever that rolls around. #Just Say No To Hyper Sugar Dayterrors #Trickster Critical
Of course they are. It is being presented as a fun activity at an event someone else is organizing.
Intelligence is a rare 8reed.
Insane. Where did they even get that. How even. I'm closing all eight of my eyes. I don't want to know.
Yeah. People are. Something. My kid ate one before.
it's excellent for celebrations! bUt like any drUg, it mUst be Used in moderation.
I suppose. I know I'm 8ehaving like a 8it of a prude a8out it, 8ut I always thought that there was a very good reason that it was a su8stance unique for cheru8 consumption. It's meant to 8e a pick-me-up for a species that must fly thousands of lightyears in total solitude across the vastness of space. Even trolls on the highest hemospectrum would 8e challenged not to go totally over8oard! Oh, I'm sorry. Look at me, lecturing the cheru8 on their species.
no, no, i always enjoy seeing new perspectives! as a largely asocial species, it's easy to go fifty years or more without knowing mUch aboUt oUr "cUltUre," sUch that it is. certain important points are conferred to Us via genetic memory - myths, rUles, etc. bUt something like the intent behind oUr jUjUs is largely anthropological, and thUs evidently omitted.
Well, I do so enjoy discussing cheru8 history and culture, even as mysterious and difficult to parse 8etween different star systems as it is. There is quite a lot going on, never even mind the landmine that concerns the seven Zilly-kingdoms. I'm just a scholar, though, so please, don't 8e afraid to correct my cheru8icological musings.
I should call her. #Vague
Porrim! Hi. Hello. No, I'm not doing that. I'm a8solutely NOT going to do that. No no no. I don't need anyone actually. That's how fantastic I'm doing.
Spam is the tender reminder that someone somewhere is thinking of you, and that they really 8elieve that you should replace your solar panels. Which is fucking a8surd, 8y the way. I am an ancient ghost stranded in a dreamscape afterlife and I STILL get calls asking a8out my hive insurance.
Noooooooo. No. No. I'm fine. It's all fine. Who needs "8est gillfronds" anyway? Not this Serket.
No+t this Serket indeed. Yo+u do+n't need anyo+ne. Let alo+ne so+meo+ne who+ yo+u need to+ reach o+ut to+ first, right?
Exactly! See, Porrim, you understand me completely. I mean, after all, my 8loodline is renowned for its a8ility to always get up again and again after humili8ting failures and every iter8tion has 8een a8le to do so without crawling 8ack to individuals who never even acted like they appreci8ted them while they WEREN'T making horri8le decisions!! In summ8tion, thank you for the concern, 8ut this post was a 8ad idea all around and I have grown and changed as a person.
I'm always aro+und if yo+u need an ear to+ yell at. I kno+w the deal.
Well...thank you, Porrim. That does mean a lot coming from you. Really.
You know, fishing (the practice itself) actually has a fascin8ting history! Even 8efore we had proper civiliz8tions on 8oth Earth and Alternia, sapient species were practicing fishing. The method has actually remained fairly consistent for millions of sweeps, and it's even suggested that the rich proteins found in fish was a contri8uting factor to increased 8rain capacity! #FishingFriday #FishingFacts
<3-That's-awesome,-I-always-knew-fishing-is-what-truly-separated-us-from-beasts.
Well, that and among other things, of course. 8ut it is definitely a testament to 8oth human and troll ingenuity.
Okay, I fixed it. No one ask me a8out why I was temporarily yellow, please. It's a sensitive topic.
:33< it happens to all of us at the start nyathing to be ashamed about
Thank you, Mr. Strider. Your lack of curiosity or inquisitiveness is as refreshing as ever!
I have to admit, this we8site wasn't exactly what I was expecting it to 8e. I mean, it certainly is no 8u88lr, 8ut 8y this point it's 8ecome such a cesspool of 8ot accounts orchestrated to scam for 8oondollars it might as well 8e a more favora8le alternative. At least it has a generous character limit this time around, as I find that anything less than a 500 character limit to 8e practically o8scene. Although, I have some dou8ts as to its longevity. It seems like every day in the dream 8u88les there's some new kind of social media platform for ghosts dying and 8eing created. I guess that's what happens when dead young adults with infinite time eventually learn to code... Oh, right. This is my first post. Greetings and salut8tions.
what's wrong wIth you . . . why arE you YELLOW . . .
I'll 8e honest? I haven't the faintest idea. I've 8een trying to fix it for a while now, and even if I'm registered as co8alt, it doesn't seem to 8e upd8ting my caste color.
That's what I'm trying to solve!! I've 8een finagling with the site's settings and it simply won't upd8te. I really hope I won't have to ask for a friend's help.
Huh, how...reasona8le, I suppose. Given that I certainly know a few individuals who aren't necessarily a8le to conform to caste standards, never even mind the aliens in our midst who don't even have a hemospectrum to use as reference for text color.