fluffy ice dragon hello

Regular people: I can’t read their expression with that mask.

:)

And the Japanese emoticon for a smiley is this...

terezi KNEW karkat's blood color from the moment she saw his sign, maybe even sooner.

think about it, she was deeply invested in alternian history. she and vriska found their ancestors- knew about them well enough to base their personalities around them and roleplay them in-depth, with historically accurate costumes at that. it's even implied that terezi even got her quirk from redglare the way vriska did with mindfang, since she doesn't even know the significance of the numbers she uses; which, in turn, implies that she found at least one thing written by redglare herself. they probably read everything they could find looking for information about their ancestors.

redglare is seen wearing the cancer symbol, which shows two things: she's a follower of the signless, and she's not afraid to show it. anything written by her is sure to hint towards a deeper history, if not outright stating her devotion to the sufferer's ideals, and there's no way terezi wouldn't pick up on it. vriska may be content with knowing about mindfang's life and stop there, but terezi would go further. terezi thrives on learning people's motivations, what makes them tick, what drives them on a deeper level. that's literally her defining character trait as a seer of mind. do you expect her to know nothing about the troll who drives so many of her ancestor's thoughts and values? one who was a prominent historical figure, even if that history has been covered up by authority? if anything, the fact there was a cover-up would just motivate terezi further to discover the truth.

no, terezi absolutely knows who the signless is. she follows his teachings, even if those values are hidden beneath her facade of legislaceration and general terezi-ness. she wants to help people. she craves actual justice, not just whatever passes for it in an alternian court.

and throughout alternian history, the cancer symbol was used as a sign of rebellion. but only ONE troll in history has ever had it as a given sign, and that's karkat "ancestors are bullshit" vantas. terezi knew who he was the moment she met him, even if he didn't himself.

Gabumon

Goblin culture doesn’t have a concept of “Property”. A stick on the ground and a tool in a locked shed are equally up for grabs if a thing needs doing. They casually take and leave things all over their communities, eat from communal pots, and genuinely Do Not Understand why the Core Races are so Angry and prone to Violence all the time.

Consequently Goblins who live near Core communities develop a reputation as “Thieves” despite not even having a *word* for that. (The closest word they have is more like “Greedy” and it means a person that hides things so nobody else can use them, and it’s a surefire fight-starter to call a Goblin that)

Common Orc Spiritual beliefs hold that a Soul can only grow stronger by overcoming Challenges in life, and see intruding on another person’s Challenge unasked for as not just Rude, but Deeply Harmful. You’re Stealing their chance to Grow. Asking for help is deeply personal and doing so can be both a way to grow closer with them or a too-personal intrusion, depending on your existing relationship with them. An exception is Children, as far as most Orcs are concerned, all Children are fundamentally the responsibility of the Whole Community, regardless of whose child they are, or even if said child is an Orc at *all*.

He's somebody who does an outstanding job of channeling his influences into something all his own whilst also being so considerate and respectful of those who came before him. He understands the importance of giving other artists their credit and what their positions in society means on a larger scale because of their work. That's probably why he is so respected by elders in the industry like Mavis Staples.

Its also the reason alot of poc (specially black fans) admire and enjoy his work, because he's a good example of what it means to be influenced by the contributions of poc whilst publicly acknowledging AND giving credit as a white person in a manner which is both humble and genuine. This is why a lot of his fans of color find it SO irritating that y'all dismiss the root of where his music is really coming from just to be quirky and label it "fae" shit, cause it's not. Especially since he's CONSTANTLY talking about those influences.

Except corvids don’t only do this as a distraction. Sometimes they seem to just being doing it to mess with other animals/birbs. But to use my lunch room analogy, there are times you might thwap someone sneakily on the back of the neck just for amusement. Primates exhibit behavior that appears to be just be annoying other animals for amusement. Given how intelligent crows are, its not unlikely that this is a manifestation of an innate desire to just fuck with someone else for the fun of it. Such as this from the link above:

‘Where the hell is the seatbelt on this thing?’

I mean they deserve a medal for having such huge bird balls imo

Like, most of the major story beats, at least the ones that directly affect her, have a prominent visual component so she’s following along with the basics. But she has no idea who cave johnson is, or what wheatley was trying to explain to her, and she certainly wasn’t hurt by any of glados’ insults.