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Top: in Super Mario Bros., obtaining 10 or more lives will cause the life counter to behave oddly. The first digit will become a sprite of a crown and the second digit will behave normally from 10 to 19 lives (being Crown-0 for 10, Crown-1 for 11 etc.), but will become glitched and go through all the graphical tiles in the game after 20 lives (the counter in the screenshot is showing 109 lives). Given this behavior, it is easy to assume that the life counter is completely broken and that no part of this was intentional.

Bottom: in a 2010 interview with the game’s director Shigeru Miyamoto, composer Koji Kondo and programmer Toshihiko Nakago, it was revealed that the crown sprite was actually intentional and was specifically requested by Miyamoto to be placed in the game, which was done at the very end of development. As such, the life counter in the game is a unique combination of intentional odd behavior (the crown appearing at 10 lives) and unintentional odd behavior (the second digit becoming glitched).

And also some of Calboy’s children!

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I was about to say he would technically be an intersex king (not because I dislike the concept of trans cats, just bc intersex rep is sorely needed too) but I did some more reading on this icon and actually found the article OP referenced.

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He’s not your usual male calico kitty as it turns out. That’s already cool and rare, but he’s even cooler and rarer than that!

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(He’s so pretty 🥰)

But I also found a source for the article screenshotted above! And folks it’s WILD. It’s an incredibly interesting read if you happen to love hearing about niche hobby drama. It’s also just a fantastically written article!

The parts I find the most interesting are about how conservative the cat fanciers association is. This isn’t even all of the parts that talk about that.

wizard of meat -

A glitch happened while I was doing emotes and I HAD to make it a gif because I was dead and immediately pressed his screenshot button to record it

 silly walk -

Pygmy Falcon

Great Hornbill

Wallcreeper

and

Cedar Waxwing

Red Crowned Crane

Brahminy Kite

Green Tree Swallow (I mean seriously - those are metallic teal feathers against stark white. Damn.) 

Bali Mynah

And, last but certainly not least, the cutest fucking puffball on this planet earth:

Hooded Pitta (or as like to call them little olives)

Coua

Mot-Mot

Rainbow Lorikeet

We also have:

Rainbow bee eaters (OK not minimalist but SO BALANCED)

Straw-necked ibis

Flame Robins

Willie wagtails

Grey butcherbirds

And my and every one else’s favourite murderbird, the Australian Magpie

SUCH STYLE