Spewart Needs A Hug. *Gently Hugs The Stressed Floof*

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!

Broodals, do you like hugs?

కᩏꫀ᭙ꪖꪹᡶ: yeah... They're nice :3

ɾαɳɠσ: meh.

Ｔｏｐｐｅｒ: DON'T. TOUCH. ME.

𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑡: they're fine :3

hi y’all i just wanted to put you onto this fundraiser for the buffalo nations grasslands alliance. they’re trying to recoup some of the funds for black-footed ferret conservation on tribal grounds that the trump/musk administration has frozen, which is impacting not only the conservation efforts themselves but the livelihoods of the people working on them. the frozen grant is 1.1 million but this fundraiser has a goal of 50,000.

the fundraiser has 24 days left and has only reached 2% of its goal with 11 donations. black-footed ferrets are an endangered lazarus taxon that was thought to be extinct from 1979-1981 before being rediscovered by accident. they’re a miracle of conservation and it would be horrible to lose them for good, not to mention (again) the impact of people working with these animals losing their jobs which is outlined in the fundraiser link. indigenous-led conservation efforts are extremely important for a wide variety of reasons and as someone in the zoology area i feel obligated to share this fundraiser to contribute to those efforts.

i know that things are hard right now and there’s a lot of people and organizations all across the world that need help, so don’t feel pressured BUT if you have extra money and you can contribute to this fundraiser or share it with people who can that would be great.

super cute black-footed ferrets ^

Is Iggys hair coloured?

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IᘜᘜY: ummmm you mean like did it dye my hair? Because the purple is hair dye and my natural hair color is green... But when I was younger I dyed my hair rainbow!!

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!

Oh hey ,, improvement is true

First time I drew them :

Weirdmageddon? you mean brat girl summer featuring gyaru Bill Cipher

I'm bored so I'm just posting a doodle page!!!only one of the doodles was done digitally, the rest are traditional.

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The last photo is just a hammer bro

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Next on the list to develop a personality Iggy!

*just so you know we're not going in age order*

:we got Iggy now! He's like just one year older than Wendy and he's probably one of the most chaotic koopalings he's got a tropical themed satchel and the second most colorful hair he likes pulling pranks and mostly pranks ludwig and Larry maybe a few others but mostly them and he usually hangs out with lemmy and sometimes jr but then there's more limitations on what he can do anyways people kept saying his hair looked like a weed so he dyed some of it purple making it kinda tropical looking he's really childish and has flooded the castle at least 8 or more times mostly on accident but started doing it as a prank.

Sexuality: Asexual (he doesn't like anyone sexually only romantically)

Age: 15

Drink: tropical punch

Music: cabinet man and touch tone telephone both by: lemon demon

Just figuring out they're design's

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