#eden's

Some people cry, some people get emotional, some get excited and happy, some get violent

Kevin just BROODS there

And the funniest part is that most alcoholics get violent If you try taking away their alcohol, Kevin will Just GLARE at whoever took his glass away from him as If this would change anything 😭

It is funny, but also so sad

Not even when he is drunk Kevin allows himself to take up any space for anything that isnt Exy. He is so used to being a silent shadow behind someone, It is such a natural behavior, that even when he is wasted, this is how he acts.

There is none of the typical drunk exaggeration, his emotions dont bleed out of him like they do from regular people when they are drunk.

To most people, alcohol is not only about not thinking, It is about getting courage enough to take up space, to let emotions out, to scream and laugh and dance. To Kevin, It is just a why to shut the voices up. Nothing else. There is no emotional catharsis from It. Everything is kept inside, just as always. Not even while drunk he knows how to express himself, not even drunk he feels Brave enough to.

He sits there in silence like a shadow, to the point you can even forget he is there. He doesnt dance (not anymore), doesnt talk, doesnt laugh.

D'y'know who was well known in the Bohemian scene?

Oscar Wilde

D'y'know when this epithet began turning up?

After ACD and Wilde met.

Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera brydei/edeni)

Or perhaps I should write Bryde's whaleS, because the Bryde's whale complex is a taxonomic stew to say the least. First described in 1878 as Balaenoptera edeni, based on a type specimen from Burma, in 1913 another new species was described, based on about a dozen or so odd 'Sei whales' from Norway. This second species was called Balaenoptera brydei, having been named after Johan Bryde (which is strangely pronounced 'Brewde'). Then in 1950 a Dutch scientist compared specimens from both species with a third individual stranded on Pulu Sugi Island, and synonymised the two species into a single one: Balaenoptera brydei.

Today however the two are often seen as separate again, with the Bryde's whale (B. brydei) being the larger, cosmopolitan species, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (B. edeni) being the smaller form that may be restricted to the Indo-pacific. However the mysteries do not end there. Of course in 2003 Omura's whale has been described as a species separate from B. brydei, there appears to be a pygmy form off the coast of South Africa, and the Indo-Pacific possibly houses another kind of Bryde's whale which differs in skull morphology. 

Whatever their name though, they are certainly a pretty species. Diagnostic are the three rostral ridges, instead of the more usual single one. They are also exquisitely marked with several chevrons on their shoulder and sides, and flipper shadows like most of the Balaenopterids. While some have more faded facial patterns, there's also Bryde's whales out there with a very clear mask, which is what I've decided to showcase here. And his peduncle looks like the surface of the moon due to cookiecutter shark bites - one of the disadvantages of dwelling in warm waters for most of your life.

Watson: So there was this guy