Nature Cannot be Reprogrammed Forever

Here is the best animal face you will see today!

This is a Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica), a species listed in CITES Appendix II and evaluated as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List. It lives in Asia (Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan).

in celsius, you have to use the dumb fucking scale of “0 = ???, 40 = hot as shit” like damn that’s some exponential curve stuff

but with farenheit it’s simple af. 0 is v cold. 100 is v hot. the end.

celsius makes sense for water, but am i water? no, im human.

like a country’s dogs are a direct result of that country’s culture and values

think of an average, stereotypical dog. if you immediately go to something energetic and playful and silly and happy, elevator music in its head but incredibly loving, thats a really north american view of a dog, who value these boisterous and big-hearted animals. the most popular western breeds are retrievers and bully mixes and such

ask an east asian, and im gonna bet that answer is gonna be a whole lot different!  intelligence, calm aloofness, very serious but undying loyalty and fearlessness are all typical traits for the dogs in that part of the world, and their dogs are the nihon ken like akita and shiba

go to south america, its different again! dogs are quick witted and lithe, very opportunistic and sneaky, because much of south american dogs are pariahs and street dogs who have to be cunning survivalists

Okay sorry no, I do remember, and, unless it’s mentioned in a non-Fantastic Four Nita appearance, it wasn’t a publicity stunt, though Namorita accompanied him to a publicity event once in a Fantastic Four comic. The thing is, even by Johnny Storm romance standards… this is an odd duck. Admittedly: I haven’t read most of Namorita’s appearances, so it’s possible there’s some more detail here that I’ve missed, though considering how I’ve combed through Johnny’s appearance page, I’d think I’d notice a bunch of New Warriors appearances. Anyway.

This is Johnny’s first big romance after Lyja. He has a relationship with a woman named Alysande “Caledonia” Stuart, who he’d rescued from another dimension, but it’s canonically not a sexual one. During this time (mid-volume 3), Namorita enters the picture and she and Johnny (?) begin (?) dating (?) I guess???

Why’s every other Johnny romance Like This.

They sort of spend time together, I think? They go to some big event together, but the focus of that is Johnny (who could not at the time control his powers and, even in a special suit, was too hot to touch) getting jumped by a fan who he accidentally burns, so it’s not exactly Romantic.

Even Ben comments that they don’t really spend time together:

This is a REALLY odd attitude for Johnny “0 to Let’s Get Married” Storm to have about a relationship.

The most focus I’ve ever seen this relationship get is in Human Torch #11, which takes place after their break-up.

So Nita and Richard Rider (Nova) were a couple (sort of) in NW v1. Due to her status as a clone and iirc minor oxygen toxicity Namorita mutated from human like-> full atlantean -> human again. In between her atlantean to human mutation her skin starts to flake off and she starts oozing and Rich is grossed out so she dumps him.

She runs into Johnny and after bonding about being harassed by the paparazzi Johnny agrees to be Namorita’s date to the benefit.

they go on their date and end up ditching and once again find solidarity in their “celebrity superhero” status- then they kiss!

johnny wears this suit with his shirt unbuttoned just enough to make it a little flirty, he looks good.

The only other time they really interact is when Johnny and Namorita get interrupted on their way to a date and help stop a tunnel from collapsing. Namorita says this line and you know what, I wish I was that rock.

Then Johnny is never seen again beyond a passing mention where Nita throws the remote at the TV because Johnny is talking to Doom.

She also wears this “property of the avengers mansion gym” sweatshirt and its super cute.