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this is going to be a silly reblog but i have kind of a fixation on animal qualia and the idea of an animal's umwelt, so i ended up wondering whether pudding was actually "enjoying" this.
which meant i went and read about snail brains.
here's the bad news, at least by human standards:
snails do not have anything like a centralized brain. their nervous system is made up of small clusters of neurons (ganglia) that mostly handle very local tasks. they don't have a cortex, they don't build big integrated models of the world, and they almost certainly don't experience things like appreciation, anticipation, or savoring.
pudding is not looking at the sky and thinking it's beautiful.
snail eyes are basically light sensors - they can tell bright from dark, but not form images. snail "taste" is done through chemoreceptors on their tentacles and around their mouth. those receptors don't produce flavor the way ours do; they just detect chemical compounds and sort them into "approach," "ignore," or "avoid."
so there's no evidence that snails enjoy food, or wind, or views, the way mammals do.
and that does sound kind of sad. but then i thought that maybe we are asking the wrong question.
snails do have valence. they detect aversive things (like salt or dryness) and withdraw from them. they detect non-aversive or beneficial conditions (like moisture) and stay extended. when pudding is stretched out like this, it means his nervous system is basically saying "this is safe; nothing is wrong."
if we define pleasure not as our human experience of dopamine and reward chemicals but instead as "the absence of aversion" - a state where the organism is open to its environment instead of defending itself - then this does count as something positive, even if it's extremely nothing like human enjoyment.
pudding isn't appreciating the wind. but his body is registering humidity, safety, and the ability to keep functioning, and that matters to him in the only way his nervous system can make things matter. he does not think "this is great, this is awesome, i love the weather", because he doesn't think in the way we do at all, but the neurological action in his ganglion tell his body that he is safe, that the moisture is an acceptable level, that it's not too dry or windy, and that there's nothing imminently threatening.
i think a lot of the sadness comes from assuming that a good life has to look like ours: full of enjoyment, meaning, and aesthetic experience. but a snail isn't missing those things. its world just isn't built to include them.
snails don't have a sense of flavor. they don't even have tastebuds. this seems like a gimme, right? but again that might be asking the wrong question about what "taste" is. biologically speaking, it's chemoreception. we taste sweet because it indicates high value, high calorie sugar molecules. we taste salty for salt, umami for proteins. so in what way does pudding's chemoreceptors differ from ours instrumentally? we can say "by our human perspective, pudding can't experience "preference" or "savoring" or "anticipation of delicious food"", but from pudding's perspective we have radically overengineered ourselves for the task at hand. pudding can tell what's salty, what's high value, what has the chemicals he needs. the functional outcome is that he can discriminate food souces based on their composition. is that not taste?
so maybe the point isn't "this is sad because he can't enjoy it," but "this is a reminder that minds come in radically different shapes, and value doesn't have to be rich to be real."
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author's note: i have taken some time to write down the translated words and phrases from the warcraft wiki and sort them into a few categories, as well as interpreting some translations myself to use for my world of warcraft fanfiction. i will try to update this list every now and then. not all of this is canon. edit: apologies for all those who saw the unpolished version of this when tumblr chose to expose some of my drafts. xoxo
WORDS • NOUNS
agamath = exile, the exiled
ah = reverence, devotion
al = god, goddess
alah = light
alann = heart
alash = might
aminor = serenity
amoor = call
an = ley
andu = courage
ann'da = papa, father
anore = people
ar = phoenix
aranal = rise
archonisus = renewal
arkhana = magic
aru = shoulder
asto = freedom
bala = name
balamore = reputation
ban = gate
bash = chill
bell = arms
belesa = fall
belore = sun
belore'dorei = child of the sun
dal = healer
dalel = spirit
danil = vale, peak, hill
delar = glory
diel = travels
din = guard
dor = teacher
dorah = valour
dorini = friend
dracon = dragon
duna = eyes
ellune = moon
elrendar = spring
endal = breath
enshu = time
falor = truth
felallan = eternity, forever
felo = flame
fin = place
fulo = risk
il = life
il'amare = love, beating heart
inrush = defender, protector
ish = want
ishera = need
jael = rat
kal = star
kal'dorei = children of the stars
ledel = minion
lithien = building, station
lu = prime
mal = calm
malanore = traveller
medivh = secrets
melorn = strike
melyne = dawn
meniel = peace
minellia = gold
minn'da = mother
morin = quiet
nel = power
orindel = defeat, loss
oronore = servant
ovel = toy
quel = high, noble
quel'dorei = children of noble births
re = wish
ren = void
ren'dorei = children of the void
rohendor = trial, hardship
seabenal = regret
selama = justice
serrar = wisdom
sha = doom, end , demise
shalare = banshee
shalandis = shroud
shan = honour
sil = burden
sin = blood
sin'dorei = children of the blood
syl = wood, tree
talah = death
thas = forest
theron = memory
theror = student
turus = execution
vanas = beauty
zaram = blade
WORDS • VERBS
a = to welcome
agamath = to exile, to banish
ah = to revere, to devote
al = to rest
alon = to do (done)
amoor = to call, to invoke
amor = to bring, to deliver
andu = to brave, to withstand
aranal = to rise
archonis = to renew
aru = to shoulder
as = to free
aseph = to bear
balla = to name
band = to prepare
bandal = to die
bash = to chill
belesa = to fall
dal = to heal
dela'na = to guide, to lead
diel = to go, to travel, to fare
din = to guard
dinoriel = to keep
do = to teach
elor = to sleep
endala = to breathe
enshu = to time
eranu = to forget
felomin = to burn, to ignite
fulo = to risk
il = to live
il'amare = to love, to like, to be fond of
inrush = to defend, to protect
ish = to want
ishera = to need
lithien = to build
mal = to calm
melorn = to strike
melyn = to dawn
morin = to quiet
nel = to power
no = to taste, to bite
noral = to save
or = to say
orindel = to lose, to be done for
oronor = to serve
ovel = to play, to toy
rae = to wail, to cry
re = to wish
roh = to test
seabenal = to regret
sha = to doom, to end
shalandis = to shroud
shan = to honour
shanal = to precede
shindu = to break, to fail
sil = to burden
tal = to oppose
talah = to taste
theron = to remember
theror = to learn
turus = to execute
vendel = to help
WORDS • OTHERS
belono = (being) well
fallah = through
fal = true
isera = green
kim = little
minellia = golden
shalandis = ghastly
vanas = beautiful, wonderful
SENTENCE PIECES
o = I
ana, ara = you, your
na, nah = they, their
ashal, il = we, our
anu = all, us
do = what
doral = how
men = who
adore = (to be) with
am = is
ama = by
anar = by the
belesa = down
bin = this
bindel = in
da = but
elu = may
finel = last
ma = too
ma'ahn = too soon, so soon
mashal = will be, shall be
rea = and
NAMES & TITLES
Agamath = Exile
Al'ar = Phoenix God
Alar = Lady, Lord
Alar'annalas = Ranger Lord
Alar'belore = Lady Sun
Alar'ellune = Lady Moon
Alar'kal = Lady Star
An'daroth = Ley Line
An'owyn = Ley Point
An'telas = Ley Plane
Annalas = Ranger
Archonisus = Renewal
Ban'dinoriel = Gatekeeper
Dela = King, Queen
Denal = Sunwell
Elrendar = Spring
Fal'inrush = True Defender
Falthrien = Discipline
Falithas = Order
Felo'melorn = Flamestrike
Kim'alar'belore = Little Lord Sun
Kim'belore = Little Sun
Kim'dracon = Dragonhawk, Little Dragon
Kim'ellune = Little Moon
Kim'jael = Little Rat
Kim'kal = Little Star
Lu'minellia = Golden Prime
Medivh = Keeper of Secrets
Melyne = Dawn
Quel'Danas = High Isle
Quel'Danil = High Vale, High Peak, High Hill
Quel'Delar = High Glory
Quel'dorei = Highborne, High Elves
Quel'Lithien = High Station
Quel'Serrar = High Wisdom
Quel'Thalas = High Home
Quel'Zaram = High Blade
Rae'shalare = Banshee's Wail
Ren'dorei = Void Elves
Rohendor = Deliverance
Shalandis = Enshrouded
Shan'dor = Honoured Teacher, Runestone
Sin'dorei = Blood Elves
Sylvanas = Beautiful Woods
Thas'alah = Light of the Forest
Thas'dorah = Valour of the Forest
Theror'shan = Honoured Teacher
PHRASES
Al diel shala. = Safe travels.
Ama noral'arkhana. = Saved by magic.
Anar'alah. = By the Light.
Anar'alah belore. = By the light of the sun.
Anar'alash denal! = By the might of the sunwell!
Anar'dalel! = By the spirits!
Anara'nel belore. = By the power of the sun.
Anaria shola. = Speak your business.
Anar'endal dracon. = By the breath of the dragon.
Andu fallah. = Through courage.
Anu belore dela'na. = The sun guides us.
Anu bala belore alon. = All of it was done in the name of the sun.
Aranal, ledel! = Rise, minions!
Aseph-ah-balla nah. = Their naming bears reverence.
Asto're da shan're. Turus fulo il'amare, a'talah adore. Isera'duna... = I wish for her freedom, but she wishes for honour. Our love risks execution if she is with death. The green-eyed...
Bal'a dash. = Greetings.
Bal'a dash, malanore. = Greetings, traveller.
Balamore shanal! = My reputation precedes.
Band'or shorel'aran. = Prepare to say farewell.
Bash'a no falor talah! = Taste the chill of true death!
Belesa menoor! = Another is down!
Belono sil'aru, belore'dorei. = Shoulder your burdens well, child of the sun.
Bin dorei am'ovel. = This is child's play.
Diel fin'al = Travel to the final resting place.
Diel ma'ahn... orindel'o. = Going too soon... I am defeated.
Doral ana'diel? = How fare you?
Elor bindel felallan morin'aminor. = Sleep forever in quiet serenity.
Elu'meniel mal alann. = May peace calm your heart.
Endala finel endal! = Breathe your last breath!
Enshu-fallah-nah, dorini! = Their time has run out, friend!
Felomin ashal! = Burn for us!
Ishera-do? = What do you need?
Selama amor'anore! = Justice is brought to the people!
Selama ashal'anore. = Justice for our people.
Sha'amoor ara mashal? = Will you be ushering in your demise?
Sha'amoor seabenal! = Regret invoking your doom!
Shindu fallah na! = They are breaking through!
Shindu sin'dorei. = Failing children of the blood.
Shorel'aran. = Farewell.
Sinu a'manore. = Well met.
Tal anu'men no sin'dorei! = Death to all who oppose the children of blood!
Thalas'din belore. = For guarding the home of the sun.
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“ten years, a hundred years from now, someone like me will love someone like you, and there will be no [one] to tear them apart,” goes so fucking crazy i wish it wasn’t from DRAGON AGE
I am here to tell you (information that you might already know) that in SWTOR, you can date Revan’s descendant Theron.
And Darth Marr and Theron’s mom Satele totally don’t have anything going on.
knowing revan has descendants in swtor while not personally subscribing to swtor's canon about revan's gender makes the idea of them meeting rlly funny to me
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