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140 MILLION YEARS BACK.

If you don't know how far that is, that's basically the start of the cretaceous. Let me simplify that for you even further. Chimpanzees and humans seperated, what, 5 or 6 million years ago?

This is basically like if humans could hybridise with THESE THINGS.

This is the sort of thing that should be impossible. They used those eggs to be ABSOLUTELY 100% SURE NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.

And then THEY GOT FISH OUT OF IT.

Like. You can quite clearly understand why they didn't think anything would happen. WE ARE MORE RELATED TO BLUE WHALES THAN THESE THINGS.

THE AMERICAN PADDLEFISH AND THE STURGEON ARE SO COMPLETELY UNRELATED THAT THIS IS NOT PLAYING GOD. IF ANYTHING THIS IS AN ACT OF GOD.

THE SCIENTISTS HAD NO BLAME IN THIS BECAUSE NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER HAPPENED BEFORE

THESE THINGS, FOR HYBRIDS, HAD A REALLY HIGH SURVIVAL RATING. LIKE 70% OF THEM SURVIVED.

To put that into perspective, getting a blue whale and a squirrel and trying to hybridise them is more sensible, and that wouldn't produce anything but getting you banned from science. Most animals that aren't plants can barely hybridise two degrees away from each other.

BUT THESE TWO ENTIRELY UNRELATED FISH create PERFECTLY HEALTHY HYBRIDS.

1. Lots of people have one but you don't really think about it until they start talking about making waffles and you're like "oh shit they have a waffle maker"

2. Messy as fuck and you know what as far as I see it why even bother when you have pancakes, you don't need to bother with all those fluids and crevices with pancakes

3. WHY DOES EVERYONE AT THE WEDDING THINK YOU NEED ONE

4. Theoretically implied fun with whipped cream until it melts and starts soaking into shit

5. If you don't prep ur surfaces ur gonna have a bad time

6. It's fun in the kitchen but only on like special occasions cause again it's a pain in the ass to clean

Human: We just train new people how to do it?

Elf: *gears visibly turning in their head*

Human: Are you alright?

Elf: I just realized that we didn’t have to let that whole city fall to ruin just because my grandfather died.

Human: My cousin made it.

Elf: Impossible! Those metalworking techniques were lost a hundred years ago!

Human: What do you mean lost? My great-grandmother learned to make these swords from an elven smith, then taught it to her kids.

Elf: That's ridiculous. No elf would give such secrets to a human.

Human: They didn't. Meemaw delivered the metal to the forge, and no one kicked her out when she stayed and watched. She always said they barely acknowledged her even when doing business with her, like she wasn't worth noticing.

Elf: Come to think of it, my great-uncle always was rather single-minded when he started working.

Human: So he wasn't ignoring her, he just forgot she was there?

[ID: A tweet by Mark @/AgingRanchHand that says,

little kid in horror movie reveals his morbid crayon drawings of dead bodies

Me: that's awesome man. Keep at it. Keep working on these things / End ID]

My mother was the most important person in my life when I was a teenager. My entire childhood, I looked up to her strength, her character, and her irrepressible personality. But when I got home from my first day of college classes, what awaited me was the news that she was in the hospital. A blood clot had deprived her brain of oxygen. She was alive, but the left half of her body was paralyzed. She'd never walk again, couldn't use her left arm, and had trouble speaking. I visited every day, for as long as I could. My grades suffered, but I had to. And every day, I watched that strength I admired so much leak out, as she deteriorated. I was sure Death would take her, any day now.

But my mother was even more unstoppable than anyone had thought. Days became weeks, and weeks became months, which eventually became years. And she kept living. She remained a part of my life. She supported my transition, Covid came and went, I started living on my own, she celebrated her 60th birthday, and somehow she was still there. And still, every few months, I'd get an urgent call, and rush to the hospital, bracing myself, thinking this was finally the one. That Death would finally take my mother from me, on a random tuesday afternoon. And still, it didn't. Somehow, she pulled through. Every single time, she did. Even when she was diagnosed with cancer and I fully made my peace with losing her... She survived the treatments. She's still alive today. The blood clot was ten years ago. Death has not taken her.

And I should be delighted about that. I should be. I really wish I was, from the bottom of my heart.

But every single time, her condition worsened. Every time, she had more pain, more trouble speaking, more trouble... thinking. Death is being cruel. Worse, Death is being capricious. Playing with her food, like a cat. Toying with her life, and mine. Pushing her to the brink, just to pull her back right when she hits the edge. Over and over and over. Tearing her apart at the seams, just to stitch her back together. And every single time, I rush to the hospital. But every single time, there's a little less urgency in my stride. Every single time, I find myself less... panicked. Because every single time, I recognize less of my mother in the person I meet in that hospital bed. And I hate myself for that.

The after-credits scenes feel like they are a whole story within themselves yet they are only one minute long! I don't understand what magic is stored in them, but it's so satisfying to hear that lovely ending music just to be served another treat.

Just like with the previous work, the YouTube channel is giving us 'in-between' scenes, like the two brothers discussing Changyang's impulsive decision to go with Qingtian to the mountains.

Or Changyang putting on Qinglang's pajamas.

And the tent scene (even though they were supposed to refrain from sex during the festival or else ~bad luck~).

Qinglang and Changyang are sooooo casually intimate with each other.

Like . . .

LIKE . . . !!!

I love that I'm a bit confused and trust no one, not even Changyang because how did Shi Yuhao know about the secret signal for the livestream that Qinglang was doing for Changyang? How does he know where Qinglang is at all? Could Qingtian possibly be betraying his brother?!

The teacher did say Shi Yuhao told her he had checked with Qingtian about calling into the livestream, and he didn't argue that, so . . . NO! I refuse to entertain the idea that he would lie to his brother when their relationship is so fun.

I was also confused because at first, I thought the other couple were Qinglang and Shi Yuhao in the past since they seem to share a lot of similarities.

They are both at the start of their careers, but one seems to be strategically trying to make a CP happen, so he can gain popularity while the other is trying not to fall for him.

But, maybe this time around, both will be genuine with their feelings.

There is something happening about past lives.

Qinglang saw his past life while meditating and he beautifully said, "I don't think I loved you this much in my past life. Since it wasn't enough, I have to make it all up to you in this life." Plus, the book the teacher spoke about dealt with lovers who realized the value of their love once they were separated, never to see each other again.

I'm pleased to see Hu Yi Chen is still as beautiful as ever and continues to light up the screen just like he did in Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island.

I also want all of his sweaters.

However, much like before, the visuals are the real star here.

They are stunning.

Like . . . (I'm talking about the man and the scenery)

And it's all meaningful like this moment, when the fire picked up as they were intricately sharing the wine.

But there is minimal dialogue, so I'm allowed to just go with the story and sit in every scene, like when Changyang refused to kiss Qinglang, it was clear without words that the reason was because Qinglang was drunk, not because he was a man.

Or when Changyang kept throwing things so Qinglang would know the way home even though he was upset.

And when there is dialogue, it's direct.

Yet also layered just like when these two were fighting without fighting.

So, basically, I like everything about the show so far even though I know the honeymoon can't last forever.

But I need more of the assistant who is so over having to babysit the two children instead of being allowed to spoil his baby boy.

Behold my crackship. I call it “ménageàtroisshipping” if it doesn’t already have a name 💀

Lysandre asked me to give him an outfit that I thought Augustine would like. I think it worked..

Neil and Chris broke up 💔

Ok Colress

Lore accurate Conan

Not-so-lore-accurate Conan ??

Spongebob and Patrick being pals :]

...thanks, Squidward..

Kataang and Korrasami are unfolding on my island

Made me think of this:

And finally...